More On the Brink Artwork Arrives

On the Brink is a new 22-piece collection of artwork which will be exhibited and auctioned alongside Sketch for Survival this year. 

While On the Brink shares the same theme as Sketch for Survival, showcasing endangered species and at-risk wild spaces from around the world, this small collection differs in a number of ways.

The artworks do not have a size restriction, as they do with Sketch for Survival invitational and competition collections. 

Because most of the artworks are larger studio pieces,  and are more expensive to complete, ship and bespoke frame, the majority are being sold framed on a 50/50 basis with the artist.

Many of the artist's participating this year have supported Sketch for Survival in the past.

Here are some of the pieces you can look forward to seeing in the exhibition and auction later this year:

Crystalline Blue, Paul Kingsley Squire

Oil on canvas

76 x 76 x 4 cm

A symbolic work representing the blue green planet we all inhabit.

Using the landscape as a metaphor, these works take the viewer on a journey through swirling mists, organic forms and iridescent skies.  Painted with brushes and palette knives, these oil paintings capture light and movement, while maintaining a dynamic and dramatic atmosphere. They are meditations created to evoke a connectedness to the ethereal and transitory existence of the human experience within nature, through an otherworldly realm of shifting reality.

Paul Kingsley Squire is an oil painter whose oeuvre includes, otherworldly abstracted landscapes and surreal figurative works imbued with symbolism.  Across each medium, his artistic style retains a consistent ethereal quality, and boasts polish and thoughtfulness that allows ideas of psychology, nature and consciousness to be pondered by each viewer.

Luangwa Jewel, Carol Barrett

Watercolour

Framed size: 58.5cm by 47cm

African Leopard - listed Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List  

I had travelled many times to Africa and had never even caught a glimpse of this elusive cat, but the Luangwa Valley proved to be their sanctuary and I was mesmerized by the leopards incredible beauty, and focused on capturing the intensity of the eyes to gain the viewer's empathy.     

Carol spent her early days living on a farm, and grew up loving animals and drawing them. This led to Edinburgh Art College where she become the artist in resident at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). Going to Africa sealed Carol's destiny: to become a wildlife artist and conservationist. She now donates all her artwork to conservation.     

Second Approach, Nick Oneill

Acrylic

77x77cm

Blue Shark - the most heavily fished shark on the planet. Although it's global status is 'Near Threatened'  (IUCN Red List), it is considered Critically Endangered in the Mediterranean.

To show the beauty of these fish rather than the dangerous sharks portrayed by the media. 

Nick is a British artist specializing in contemporary marine art. Growing up among a family of divers, his passion for the sea grew when learned to dive at just 11 years old . Nick's experience and imagination allowed him to develop a unique style of painting, which combines traditional painting techniques and skills learnt during his years as a custom painter for the motorsport industry . Nick is a self taught artist and believes that this has helped him create his own style of painting and stand out from the crowd. 

At the Edge of the World, A.E London

Oil, charcoal, oil pastel on canvas

76 x 121.9 cm

Black Rhino- Critically Endangered on IUCN Red List

It's been harder and harder to find this iconic species, along with many others.  The rhino is facing the lighter edge of the horizon, while his shadows trail away behind him. 

After decades sketching in the African bush, A.E.London has leaned into conservation, forming her non profit ARTS FOR ANIMALS, in its tenth year teaching kids to combine their creativity with stewardship and love of wildlife. 

Where there are Bees, there is Hope, Rachel Toll

Watercolour

38cm x 50cm

Buff tailed bumble bee

Bees are so important, so small yet so vital, we need to appreciate the smaller species , so the planet can survive.

Rachel is a self taught watercolour artist living and working in rural Mid Devon. She is passionate about wildlife and the environment.