BIOGRAPHY
Vic Bearcroft is a self-taught professional wildlife and pet portrait artist, who specialises in pastel on velour, but also works in pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil, charcoal and acrylic media. Having spent part of his childhood in Kenya, Vic has been drawing animals since he could hold a pencil. Being passionate about wildlife in general - particularly wolves - enables Vic to work with a large number of animal welfare and conservation organisations worldwide, donating prints, merchandise and funds.
“While I consider myself to be a wildlife artist, I prefer to paint close up intimate portraits of animals as individuals, rather than in landscape settings. My aim is to capture not only the likeness of the subject in my painting, but also the life and soul in its eyes. To me, eyes are the most important aspect of a portrait – human or animal. People tell me they can see my paintings come to life through the eyes. My preferred medium is pastels on velour paper, which allows me to create both softness and detailed textures in my paintings.”
Winning best in show at his first ever wildlife art exhibition, Vic has gone on to win further awards for his work, and also has a range of pastels and velour paper created by the SAA, has a highly popular DVD series, ‘Wildlife in Pastels’, and is due to release a book ‘Drawing & Painting Wild Animals’ in February 2012 through British non-fiction publisher, Search Press.
Vic travels the UK offering private art workshops, art club demonstrations and workshops, and attends numerous exhibitions, including the Marwell International Wildlife Art Society annual exhibition, National Exhibition of Wildlife Art and Crufts.
Vic’s workshops have proved so popular that the first international events are planned for 2012/2013
in the USA & Canada, and several solo exhibitions are due to take place in 2012/2013
From his original paintings, a large and growing portfolio of limited and open edition prints are available directly through ourselves, and also through a wide and growing number of galleries and individuals in the UK
and internationally.
In 2007, Vic started workshops at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust in Berkshire and the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent, where 40% from all workshop proceeds is donated to the organisations. To date, thousands of pounds have been raised for these groups from the workshops and auction of prints.
If you would like to ask any questions about Vic’s paintings, prints, workshops and club demos and workshops, please visit the contact page.
If you are interested in receiving details about Vic’s planned book, please email:
vicbearcroft@tiscali.co.uk, or join the mailing list on the contact page.
Vic Bearcroft is a self-
“While I consider myself to be a wildlife artist, I prefer to paint close up intimate portraits of animals as individuals, rather than in landscape settings. My aim is to capture not only the likeness of the subject in my painting, but also the life and soul in its eyes. To me, eyes are the most important aspect of a portrait – human or animal. People tell me they can see my paintings come to life through the eyes. My preferred medium is pastels on velour paper, which allows me to create both softness and detailed textures in my paintings.”
Winning best in show at his first ever wildlife art exhibition, Vic has gone on to win further awards for his work, and also has a range of pastels and velour paper created by the SAA, has a highly popular DVD series, ‘Wildlife in Pastels’, and is due to release a book ‘Drawing & Painting Wild Animals’ in February 2012 through British non-
Vic’s workshops have proved so popular that the first international events are planned for 2012/2013
in the USA & Canada, and several solo exhibitions are due to take place in 2012/2013
From his original paintings, a large and growing portfolio of limited and open edition prints are available directly through ourselves, and also through a wide and growing number of galleries and individuals in the UK
and internationally.
In 2007, Vic started workshops at the UK Wolf Conservation Trust in Berkshire and the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent, where 40% from all workshop proceeds is donated to the organisations. To date, thousands of pounds have been raised for these groups from the workshops and auction of prints.
If you would like to ask any questions about Vic’s paintings, prints, workshops and club demos and workshops, please visit the contact page.
If you are interested in receiving details about Vic’s planned book, please email:
vicbearcroft@tiscali.co.uk, or join the mailing list on the contact page.