Dani Williams Art & Illustration

Contemporary wildlife art

I have been shortlisted for both the BBC and the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Award on several occasions, but at the moment I am moving away from fine art and am enjoying focusing on my mixed media illustrations, using watercolours, pencils and inks. I incorporate geometric patterns into my pet portraits giving them a distinctive and contemporary feel. All my animal drawings are informed by my degree in zoology and time spent watching and working with dogs, cats and wildlife.

I often think about my childhood obsession with animals that led me to study zoology and now I get a real joy from the idea of children looking at my pictures the way I poured over animal books as a child. So while I sometimes dress my animal illustrations in human clothes, I take care to keep the subjects realistic in their appearance and hope that in some small way I'm helping to feed childrens' love of the natural world.