Award winning artist Justin Prigmore aims for paintings that are ecologically correct, as well as being artistically attractive. He has a Masters Degree in Ecology and is currently employed by the Cairngorms National Park Authority, where he works part-time as a Biodiversity Officer for the Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP), the UK’s response to the Rio Earth Summit. Previously, he has worked as a field researcher for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Born in 1974 in Wales, Justin currently lives in Carrbridge, Scotland. But it was on a gap year from University, while living in Colorado, that he re-discovered his love of painting wildlife. The wonderful galleries in the Rockies and particularly the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole had a profound effect on him and he has focused his attention on this genre of painting ever since. Travel is an essential element of his work. He and his wife Carina have travelled throughout North America, including Western Canada and Alaska. They lived for a year in Northern Sweden and have travelled throughout Europe in search of ideas. In 2006 they visited Africa for the first time, taking them to see the phenomenal wildlife spectacles of Kenya and Tanzania. Their most recent adventures led them to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, where they met up with wolf researchers radio-tracking wild wolves in Yellowstone's northern range. Justin is exhibiting his work internationally in prestigious juried shows and galleries. In the United States, he has shown at the Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont, who have purchased three of his pieces for their permanent collection and with the Society of Animal Artists, who have elected him as a signature member. His painting "The Standoff" has been purchased for the permanent collection of the Wildlife Experience Museum in Denver, Colorado. Justin has also shown his work at Trailside Galleries, the premier Western and Wildlife gallery in the US. Justin has also been juried into the “Wild in de Natuur” show in Holland, one of Europe's most prestigious exhibitions. He exhibits annually at the National Exhibition of Wildlife Art in Liverpool, where he was commended in 2004 and has also shown at the Biological Museum in Stockholm. In 2005 he was the winner of “Birdwatch Artist of the Year”, and the winner of “Wildscape, Artist of the Year, Editor’s Selection”. Along with Carina, he has been commissioned to produce paintings for the World Wildlife Fund, Sweden, Svenska Rovdjursföreningen (the Swedish Predator Society) and the Carpathian Large Carnivore Project in Romania. 2010 Exhibitions -"Wildlife & Sporting Art", Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire. February 27th to March 13th -"Small Works - Big Impressions", National Tour, Society of Animal Artists, The Wildlife Experience Museum, Denver, Colorado. -"Art and the Animal", 49th National Tour, Society of Animal Artists, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tuscon, Arizona. March 27th to June 27th -"The Call of the Wild", Ackermann Galleries, London. May 18th to June 2nd -"Art of the Animal Kingdom", Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont. June 12th to August 8th -"National Exhibition of Wildlife Art", Wirral. July 16th to August 1st 2009 Exhibitions -"Wildlife Discovery", Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming. February 1st to 28th -"Le Renouveau de l'Art Animalier", Atelier 17, Paris. Apr 2nd to May 15th -"Wildlife Artist of the Year 2009", David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Mall Galleries, London. June 1st to June 6th -"Salute to Summer", Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming. June 1st to June 30th -"Art of the Animal Kingdom", Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont. June 13th to July 26th -"National Exhibition of Wildlife Art", Wirral. July 17th to August 2nd -"Art and the Animal", 49th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists, Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure, Salina, Kansas. September 5th to November 1st 2008 Exhibitions -"Dallas Safari Club", Dallas, Texas. January 10th to 13th -"Safari Club International", Reno, Nevada. January 23rd to 26th -"Wildlife Discovery", Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming. March 1st to June 31st -"Art and the Animal", 47th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists, West Valley Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. April 15th to May 31st. -"Art of the Animal Kingdom", Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont. June 14th to July 27th -"Wildlife Artist of the Year 2008", David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Mall Galleries, London. June 24th to June 28th -"National Exhibition of Wildlife Art", Wirral. July 18th to August 3rd -"Fall Gold", Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming. September 20th -"Wild in de Natuur", Kunsthuis van het Oosten, Netherlands. Nov 1st to Dec 7th -"Holiday Wildlife & Landscape Show", Trailside Galleries, Jackson, Wyoming. December 1st to 31th 2007 Exhibitions -"Art of the Animal Kingdom", Bennington Center for the Arts, Vermont. June 16th to July 29th -"Art and the Animal", 46th National Tour, Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Wisconsin. July 7th to August 31st -"National Exhibition of Wildlife Art", Wirral, England. July 19th to August 5th -"Summer Exhibition", McEwan Gallery, Ballater, Aberdeenshire. August 5th to October 31st. -"Art and the Animal", 46th National Tour, Hickory Museum of Art, North Carolina. Sept 22nd to November 25th -"Art and the Animal", 47th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists, The Wildlife Experience, Colorado. Oct 19th 2007 to Feb 17th 2008 -"Wild in de Natuur", Kunsthuis van het Oosten, Netherlands. Nov 3rd to Dec 2nd