Winning artworks revealed in RES Art Competition 2023
Ceramic wood boring beetles on a cherry tree stump.
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The winning artworks in the Royal Entomological Society’s Art Competition 2023 have been announced. The competition attracts insect inspired artwork by amateur artists from all over the world, with artists aged over 18 included in the competition for the first time.
The winner in the ’18 and over’ category was Kent based Veronica Cosier with artwork ‘Boring Rotters’ of ceramic wood boring beetles on a cherry tree stump. Speaking about the artwork Veronica said:
“Having a fascination for the extensive variety of shapes and colours in the beetle world I wanted to capture their beauty through the medium of ceramic sculpture.”
Veronica Cosier, winner of the ’18 and over’ category
The ’13 to 17′ age category winner was Abdullah Shehabuddeen from Saudi Arabia for a drawing “Life in a tube” depicting a midge larva. Abdullah, who had another artwork commended in the competition, described the piece:
“This midge larva has built itself a tubular home from silt and its saliva, underwater. It’s poking its head outside and holding a particle of silt that will be added to the tube.”
Abdullah Shehabuddeen, ’13 to 17′ age category winner
The winner of the ‘8 to 12’ age category was Harry Moule from Buckinghamshire for “Ink bled wasp” of a drawing with a gradient of blue to green ink and a touch of yellow. Harry said the artwork was: “an art and science collaboration during Insect Week.”
The ‘3 to 7’ age category winner was Ananya Nadkarni from Maharashtra, India of a drawing with watercolour paint of a Coffee Locust. Ananya said:
“as we were exploring a bushy area in Western Ghats of India, we came across a colorful grasshopper named Coffee Locust locally on a twig of a plant and decided to paint it using watercolors as I thought this painting would aid conservation of this near – threatened species.”
Ananya Nadkarni, ‘3 to 7’ age category winner
The judging panel were Dominique Vassie (freelance artist and biologist), Julie North (relief and intaglio printmaker and entomologist), and Hayley Jones (RHS Principal Entomologist).
