Paul Henery – Wild North: Wild Places, Wild Weather, Wildlife

Paul Henery is a Northumberland based artist dealing with the landscape and wildlife of the Wild North. For thirteen years, he worked as a full-time Wildlife Crime Officer for Northumbria Police and in 2013 was named WWF UK Wildlife Law Enforcer of the Year. Paul works in a figurative manner, utilising on-location field sketches as the basis for more developed works. Working across a range of media he seeks to capture the light, weather and the mood of a place.

Paul has exhibited worldwide, including in exhibitions in Israel, the Netherlands and the USA. He has been presented with numerous Wildlife Art awards including, but not limited to, Bird Illustrator of the Year 1995, BBC Wildlife Magazine Wildlife Artist of the Year 2002, the RSPB Fine Art Award 2004, and the Artists for Nature Foundation Fine Art Award in 2005.