Department of Wildlife Resources
Restore the Wild: Artwork Art Exhibition
February 24 - March 18, 2023
Elisabeth Flynn-Chapman Gallery
The Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) holds an annual Restore the Wild art contest to raise public awareness and appreciation for a Virginia Species of Greatest Conservation Need and its habitat. In this third year of the art contest, DWR selected North America’s largest salamander, the eastern hellbender, as the subject.
Artists of all ages were invited to create and submit original artworks of eastern hellbender in the following categories: Natural History Illustration, Youth, and Artistic Expression. A panel of judges selected a winner in each category as well as pieces that will be reproduced as a sticker and art print for Restore the Wild members.
2023 Art Contest Judges: Alice Anne Ellis (President, Artspace), David Garst (District Biologist, DWR), Stephen Living (Habitat Education Coordinator, DWR) Lynda Richardson (Art Director for Virginia Wildlife, DWR), and Meagan Thomas (Watchable Wildlife Biologist, DWR)
Pieces which have a price may be purchased directly through the artist.
The work will remain on display through March 17.
The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources’ mission is to:
Conserve and manage wildlife populations and habitat for the benefit of present and future generations.
Connect people to Virginia’s outdoors through boating, education, fishing, hunting, trapping, wildlife viewing, and other wildlife-related activities.
Protect people and property by promoting safe outdoor experiences and managing human-wildlife conflicts.
Many thanks to our partner, Artspace, for making this exhibition possible.
Selected Artists
Natural History Illustration Category: Sharon Hubbard, Megan Caldwell, Kim Leonard, Amy Browning, Leah Card, Sandy James, Laura Kimball, Blake Gore, Jared Sells, Diana Freeman, Mark Adams, Sarah Wilke, Anne Trevvett, Sarah Matta, Mary Ratliff, Brian Ross, Erin Saylor, Gena Neidert, Laura Bowyer, Shaina Manuel, Wayne Appleton, Jena Renzing, Janet Hong, Leandra Combs, David Welling, Robert Poch, Ron Griggs, Maryann Sena, Renee Wienecke, Kazuyo Hosey, Sandy Watts, Dana Rutkowski, Susan Watson, Virginia King, Catherine Pycatt, Megan Scripps, Caitlin Marshall, Shannon Faith, Miranda McCleaf, Kelsea Hull, Ed Powell, Delany Nave, Kevin Plank, Lucinda Rowe, Lisa Connors.
Artistic Expression Category: Laura Bonner, Laura Kimball, Emily Dye, Jason Heitzman, Virginia King, Pamela Beattie, Heidi Thacker, Joshua Schaaf, Sue Hossack, Shannon Faith, Sarah Lurnick, Amy Martin, Bridget Hanley, Pierra Rouse, Brody Blankenship, Incy Teoh, Rebecca Richitt, Dana Rutkowski, David Welling, Lisa Lezell Levine, Sandy Watts, Mick Grochowski, Margaret King, Kelsea Hull, Ed Powell, Amanda Warzel, Sasha Petersen, Sally Osterman, Sierra Hanamaikai, Staci Regge, Ellie Chapman, Jilane Pedersen, Melanie Roberts, Megan Thomas, Lane Matthews, Samara Grimes, Maren Nixon, Christopher Williams, Natalie Stevens, Liesel Briggs, Shannon Brice, Christina Atkinson, Grace Griffith, Sophie Harrell, Han Tran, Cecilia Marie Powell, Tucker D’Angelo, Liam Mullins, Tyson Nguyen, Virginia Greene, Meghan Marchetti, Jennifer Swart, Lily Perry, Navaeh Johnson, Linda Reynolds, Samantha Bryant, Kat Sharp, Erica H. Bottger, Dennis LaJeunesse, Lena Brown, Mary-Ellen Stumpf, Jamie Bassham, Aria Asbury, Timothy Hosey, Jude Schlotzhauer, John T. Lingenfelser, Douglas Rocky Sylvester, Mark Bishop, Susan Hunt, Janice Ailerson, Franklin Herzog, Jim Mullarney-Yano, Anna Elizabeth, Ngoc Duong.
Youth Category: Kara Rutkowski, Leila Rutkowski, Livia Corbitt, Bo Johnson, Rosalie Blankenship, Violet Blankenship, Francesca Gonder, Dempsey Kendrick, Paige Reinbold, Raaga Citrarasan, Leah Rosado, Noah Lumpkin, Jayden Martey, Tyson Nguyen, Cecilia Marie Powell, Noor Hussein, Johanna Atkinson, Lily Perry.
