Take a look at some of the wonderful British wildlife we've found in UK collections and be inspired to create your own wildlife artwork.
Look closely at the animals, birds, fish and insects. Think about their shapes and textures. Choose materials, colours, marks and patterns to make your animal artwork come alive. You could also invent a character and story for your animal. Where will your wildlife adventures take you ...?
Use your animal artwork to join the Art Fund's The Wild Escape. The Wild Escape aims to inspire children to visit local museums and galleries and respond creatively to the threat to our natural environment by creating their own artworks inspired by British wildlife.
Sally Matthews (b.1964)
Tools, nuts, bolts, chains & metal
H 63 x W 84 x D 47 cm
Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
The Peacock
Whale Mobile 2005
Edward Willis (active 2005)
Painted steel
H 87 x W 216 x D 1 cm
St George's Hospital
Gwiwer Goch / Red Squirrel 1960–1970
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901–1979)
Pensil, inc, dyfrlliw a sialc ar bapur / pencil, ink, watercolour & chalk on paper
H 39.4 x W 55.3 cm
Oriel Môn
Basking Seals*
Young Hedgehogs and Toadstools 1984
John Edwards (b.1940)
Oil on canvas & wood
H 45.7 x W 56 cm
Bewdley Museum
Dragonfly 2006
Liz Magee (b.1943)
Acrylic on canvas
H 50.6 x W 50.6 cm
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The Badgers 1970
Delia Portsmouth (b.c.1916)
Oil on board
H 59.5 x W 89.7 cm
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales
Tadpoles 1970
Laetitia Yhap (b.1941)
Tempera & watercolour on paper
H 83.5 x W 92.5 cm
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections
A Cockchafer, Beetle, Woodlice and other Insects, with a Sprig of Auricula early 1650s
Jan van Kessel the elder (1626–1679)
Oil on copper
H 8.3 x W 12.1 cm
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
John Sylvester Wheelwright (1885–1962)
Watercolour on paper
H 59 x W 75 cm
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery
Jenefer Peter (active 1960)
Polyphant stone
H 16 x W 46.5 x D 18 cm
The Box (Plymouth Museums Galleries Archives)
Stoat in Winter 1974
Raymond C. Booth (b.1929)
Oil on canvas
H 18.8 x W 40.1 cm
National Museums Northern Ireland
Ocean Theme Painting c.2001
Rachael Alexander (b.1965) and Jenny Muncaster (b.1966)
Acrylic on board
Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Various Spiders and Caterpillars, with a Sprig of Gooseberry early 1650s
Jan van Kessel the elder (1626–1679)
Oil on copper
H 9 x W 13 cm
The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
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© the artist. Image credit: Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Liz Magee (b.1943) -
Image credit: Nature in Art
Joseph Wolf (1820–1899) -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Chelmsford Museums
Nancy Edwards (b.1926) -
© the artists. Image credit: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Rachael Alexander (b.1965) -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Gordon Baird / Art UK
John McKenna (b.1964) -
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Image credit: The National Gallery, London
Jan van Kessel the elder (1626–1679) -
© St George's Hospital. Image credit: St George's Hospital
Edward Willis -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Robert Sargent Austin (1895–1973) -
© estate of C. F. Tunnicliffe, OBE, RA. Image credit: Silk Heritage Trust
Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901–1979) -
© the artist. Image credit: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust
Jenny Muncaster (b.1966) - View all 23