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Gemsbok in the evening, Kalahari

Dafila Scott SWLA

Pastel

55 x 93 cm

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Little Egrets hunting in a drying wetland

Dafila Scott SWLA

Pastel

58 x 71 cm

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Swifts, Pembrokeshire

Dafila Scott SWLA

Acrylic

78 x 93 cm

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Choughs and cows, North Pembrokeshire

Dafila Scott SWLA

Acrylic

68 x 93 cm

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Lone Swift, North Pembrokeshire

Dafila Scott SWLA

Acrylic

68 x 93 cm

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Barnacle Geese, frosty morning

Dafila Scott SWLA

Pastel

58 x 71 cm

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Dunlin on passage

Dafila Scott SWLA

Oil

67 x 92 cm

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Hen Harrier, Orkney

Dafila Scott SWLA

Pastel

55 x 92 cm

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About Dafila Scott SWLA

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Artist details

Artist's Statement

Most of Dafila Scott's work is inspired by wildlife and landscape and arises from a combination of field sketches, memory and translation. Recent work includes both figurative and abstract paintings of wildlife and landscape inspired by the fenland around her home and also by visits to Wales and South Africa.

Method of Working

I work in a variety of media but mainly in pastels, acrylics and oils.

Biographical Details

1954-89 Drawing under guidance of Peter Scott
1979-80 Evening classes in drawing at Oxford College of Further Education
1993-95 Studying under Thomas Newbolt and Clare Newbolt
1993-present Studying under Robin Child at the Lydgate Art Research Centre

Society Memberships

Society of Wildlife Artists

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

1991 Won PJC Award for pen and ink drawing in Bird Illustrator of the Year Competition

1994 Runner-up for Natural World Art Award at Society of Wildlife Artists

1997 Runner-up for Natural World Art Award at Society of Wildlife Artists

2003 Won RSPB Fine Art Award at Society of Wildlife Artists, Mall Galleries

2008 Overall runner-up in Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition , winner of the Abstract Category (see www.davidshepherd.com)

Exhibitions

The Natural Eye 2016

The Natural Eye 2015

Other exhibitions

Mall Galleries, London (Society of Wildlife Artists) (1989-present)

Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg (1993)

Stanfords, London (1994) (one person show)

Cheng Kim Loke Gallery, WWT Slimbridge (2003) (one person show)

The Wetland Centre, London (WWT) (2005) (one person show)

House of Bruar, Scotland (2005-present)

Wildlife Art Gallery (2007)

Birdscapes Gallery, Holt (2008)

Rosvik Gallery (2005,2007)

Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford (2008)

Publications

1972 The Swans by P. Scott & The Wildfowl Trust, Michael Joseph (with other artists)

1989 Red Deer in the Highlands, by T.H. Clutton-Brock & S.D. Albon, Chicago University Press

1990 The Manx Shearwater, by M. Brooke, Academic Press

1991 The Evolution of Parental Care, by T.H. Clutton-Brock, Princeton University Press

1992 Life History Strategies by S. Stearns, Oxford University Press

1994 Cheetahs of the Serengeti Plains by T. Caro, Chicago University Press

1994 Antarctica: A Guide to the Wildlife, by Tony Soper, Bradt Publications

1996—2008 Illustrations for dive travel company Divequest

1997 Lekking in Animals by J. Hoglund & R. Alatalo, Princeton University Press

2000 Evolution by S. Stearns & P. Hoekstra, Princeton University Press

2003 The Whooper Swan by M. Brazil, A & C. Black

2006 The Bewick’s Swan by E. C. Rees, T & A.D. Poyser