Peter is conducting some wildlife art master classes at the Manning Regional Gallery in Taree commencing from May 11 2013. There will be three consecutive workshops each focusing on a different aspect of wildlife illustration. Each workshop will be held on a Saturday afternoon. You can enrol for one workshop or all three. Enquiries can be directed to the Gallery (ph. 02 6592 5455) .

MAJOR EXHIBITIONS

1984 Wildlife Society of Australasia Annual Exhibition.

1989 Faber-Castell Annual Drawing Exhibition.

1991 Australian Wildlife Artists Exhibition - Australian Consulate,Washington

D.C., with Bill Cooper, Ray Harris-Ching and Rod Scott.

1993 W.I.R.E.S. Wildlife Art Exhibition.

1994 W.I.R.E.S. Wildlife Art Exhibition.

1995 W.I.R.E.S. Wildlife Art Exhibition.

1996 Fine Art Society Gallery, New Bond St.,London. . A solo exhibition featuring tree kangaroos. .

1997 Christies (U.K.) - Annual Wildlife Art Auction.

1999 Levin Gallery, Naturalis Museum Leiden, Netherlands,

permanent exhibition of twenty paintings.

1999 Christies (U.K.) – Annual Wildlife Art Auction.

2001 Museum of South Australia, Adelaide. ‘A Gap In Nature’ exhibition.

Solo exhibition featuring 103 paintings.

2002 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston. ‘A Gap In Nature’

Solo exhibition featuring 103 paintings.

2005 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston. ‘Astonishing .

Animals’ exhibition. Solo exhibition featuring 80 paintings.

2007 'Animal Ornata ' exhibition of 30 paintings highlighting the adornment and

ornamentation of obscure wildlife was held to commemorate the opening

of the new wing of the Manning Valley Regional Art Gallery

AWARDS

1983 Whitley Awards for books on Australian animals or history of

Australian zoology – highly commended.

1984 Wildlife Society of Australia – annual prize for drawing.

1989 Faber Castell Drawing Competition – highly commended.

1997 Whitley Awards – Gold Medal for most outstanding book of the

year : ‘Tree Kangaroos, A Curious Natural History’.

1997 Colin Roderick Literary Award – prize for most outstanding book

on an Australian subject.

2002 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards – Science Writing, ‘A Gap In

Nature', - highly commended.

2005 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards - Science Writing, 'Astonishing

Animals' - Winner.

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   The remaining paintings from the books 'A Gap In Nature', 'Astonishing Animals' and 'Feathered Dinosaurs', and from the exhibition 'Animal Ornata', may be viewed at the gallery of Andrew Isles. Please direct any enquiries to :

                                 Andrew Isles

                                         115 - 117  Greville St.,

                                         PRAHAN, Victoria, 3181

                                         ph. 03 95105750

                                        www.AndrewIsles.com

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  Paintings from the book 'Gliding Mammals of the World' may be purchased directly from us. If the painting you are interested in is not displayed in the gallery, please contact us - it may still be available for purchase.