Abby Aged 9 Party Dog – I wanted to do a colourful ‘party’ dog!

Isaac Aged 4 - I wanted to make a bright and colourful dog with wings and shoes 😊

WINNER: Theo Aged 5 - I wanted to make a colourful, sparkly dog!

Tom Aged 8 – I made mine a sort of Fox style

Violetta Aged 8 - My Painted Dog has a heart pattern on his fur, because he's in love with a Painted Dog "girl". He found a treasure chest, and he's happy because there are a lot of jewelleries in the box that he can give to his Love

Finn Aged 8 - I love rainbows because they are colourful.  I love nature and I love how the colours go together well like the beautiful patterns on a Wild Dog

Avery Aged 4

Maeve Aged 4

Beatrice Aged 9 - photos she had seen from her Auntie Jackie who volunteers for research with painted dogs. She wanted capture the texture and markings of their fur.

Samuel Aged 5 - a colourful dog being captured or tangled in rope. Beautiful but also sad.

William Aged 7 - wanted to capture the dog hunting at night and add happy faces as their markings.

Ansley Bossart

WINNER: Claire Heffron 

Clare Payne - Painted dogs are always so beautiful. I love the combination of blended tones and strong contrasts on their fur. Their markings are like an abstract artist’s canvas.  I took my reference photo from a captive dog, in a breeding programme in England but I hope to one day see these beautiful animals in the wild.

Elizabeth Barker - inspired by the wild dog’s link to the planet earth and connection between our planet and conservation of nature.

Jackie Scott – Painted Dogs are just one of so many species that are endangered in Africa and my piece is a tribute to a few of these

Louise Ogilvy – Thistles

Margot Barker - inspired by the importance of the Wild dogs running free and joyful across Africa. 

Ryan