Wildlife Art - Wildlife Paintings and Prints

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THE WILDLIFE ART OF MARTIN RIDLEY

- field encounters which provide my inspirations
- resulting sketches & preparatory drawings
- artwork stages through to completion
- extensive archive gallery of wildlife paintings
- original & reproduction wildlife art for sale
- licensing of wildlife artwork for reproductions

 

Creative Process Revealed

Welcome to the online art gallery of wildlife artist Martin Ridley.

Best known for British wildlife art and landscape paintings. Most of the original artwork is created using oils or watercolours.

UPDATED: 16th November 2022

Most frequently updated sections are Paintings for Sale and "On the Easel"
New: Gray Wolf and American Elk Paintings

"Emerging from the Shadows" Bull Moose Portrait

Original oil painting
image 36 x 42 inches
FOR SALE £12,400 Currency Converter

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"Eight Pointer", Red Deer Stag & Hind

Original oil painting
image 34 x 52 inches
£8750 incl. frame FOR SALE Currency Converter

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"Royals", Red Deer Stags Oil Painting

Original oil painting
image 34 x 52 inches
£11,225 Sold 29/6/18 Currency Converter

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"Antlers Down" Gray wolves and American Elk

Original oil painting
image 30 x 60 inches
Sold 4/5/22 (Framed price $21000) USA COLLECTOR

Selected by the jury for inclusion in the
Artists for Conservation 2022 VIRTUAL EXHIBIT and companion book.

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Capercaillie

Original oil painting
image 29 x 39 inches
View Painting in Frame
£10,850 Sold 2/6/15 Currency Converter

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ART BOOK

DEER: ARTISTS' IMPRESSIONS
I'm excited to have been involved in this book published by Quiller Press. The book includes deer paintings from the following wildlife artists; Owen Williams, Jonathon Sainsbury, Keith Sykes, Rodger McPhail, Ian MacGillivray, Ben Hoskyns, Ashley Boon and myself.

Exert from the back cover
"... each artist explains in his own words why he cherishes painting deer in the wild and portrays the deer in his own unique style, from delicate pencil drawings to vivid watercolours and luxurious oils. All this is complemented with an extensive description by Graham Downing of each of the six British deer species - Red, Roe, Fallow, Muntjac, Chinese water deer and Sika

Exhibitions

Each year I take part in a number of wildlife art exhibiting events. For example in 2010/2011 I showed at The Royal Highland Show, The Scottish Game Fair, Perthshire and a joint exhibition at the Donald Watson Gallery, Waterston House, the Scottish Ornithological Society's headquarters. In London there is the annual Society of Wildlife Artist's exhibition at the Mall Galleries . Full details are available on my events calendar page.

My last wildlife art exhibition in London was
BIRD ARTISTS OF THE WORLD, 2012
Tryon Gallery, 7 Bury Street, London SW1Y 6AL

In 2014 events include The Scottish Game Fair, The Yorkshire Game Fair and Perthshire Open Studios.

How to Commission a Painting

Perhaps you would like a special piece of wildlife artwork to remind you of an experience or as a gift for someone with a particular interest. Please read the advice on how to commission a painting and contact me to discuss any ideas that you have. I regret that I do not undertake any commissions of domestic animals or human portraits.

The "on the easel" page is used to share the creative process with my clients. They can follow the progress of their commission on-line and are sent an email whenever the page has an updated camera shot of their artwork. This idea is proving very popular and saving or printing the images of the developing painting from the web page adds a little extra to the provenance of the finished painting.

Clients sometimes ask me whether I would contact them if I ever produce a painting of a particular bird, animal or location. Please feel free to register your special requests. I cannot make any promises but if at a later date I generate any suitable work I'll get in touch.

On The Easel

View animal and bird paintings in progress on the "on the easel" page. You might also like to look at the creation of my large 8 foot wide artwork depicting Gray Wolves hunting American Elk.

Oil Painting in Progress

Compositional Drawing

Pink-footed Geese

Original oil painting
image 24 x 32 inches
Special Commisssion, Sold

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NESTING BIRDS at "ROSSAL"

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You might also like to visit my other website www.wildlife-art-paintings.co.uk