Alex McGarry is a professional artist specialising in oil paintings of British wildlife and birds. She is the winner of the prestigious title ‘Up & Coming Artist of the Year’ awarded by the Fine Art Trade Guild. She is represented by the UK’s largest distributor of original paintings and limited edition prints – De Montfort Fine Art. And as such her paintings can be found in galleries across the UK and on board luxury cruise ships such as the Queen Mary II.
Alex has a busy year ahead, where there’ll be lots of opportunities for you to meet Alex, view her artwork and perhaps even purchase a special memento of our birds. Fifty percent of painting sales and one hundred percent of print sales goes towards supporting our work!
On your visit
As part of our partnership, an exclusive collection of Alex’s paintings are on permanent display in the Trust shop. Each piece is absolutely stunning, and can be purchased on the day of your visit for an extraordinary memento of our birds.
Throughout the year, Alex will be joining us at the Trust to paint new pieces of our birds. Whilst having a chance to watch her paint in real-time, you’ll be able to get to know her, and ask her any questions you may have about her work. Alex will be here on various Sundays throughout the year – keep an eye on our social media pages for announcements of dates and times.
If you’d like to be in with a chance to win a stunning original artwork, you can enter our new Artist in Residence raffle! Alex is kindly donating her time to create a stunning portrait of our iconic Egyptian Vulture, Boe, which will be given to one lucky winner at the end of the year! Find out more soon on our social media channels and via our Owl Message e-newsletter.
Chris and Megan’s Night of Nature
Are you joining us at our biggest fundraising event of the year – a Night of Nature with Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin? Alex will be!
On this special evening, enter our raffle and be in with a chance to win an incredible memento of this event. Alex will be creating a live-painting of the evening as it unfolds. There’ll be a chance to meet Alex, view her current work created for the Trust, and see this one-of-a-kind painting come to life over the course of the evening. This unique painting will then be raffled off at the end of the night to one lucky winner! Book your tickets here.
Family exhibition in Andover town centre
On Saturday 18 May, join Alex McGarry at her Andover town centre studio for her annual Family Exhibition! There’ll be a special exhibition where five artists, all from Alex’s family, come together in one space to feature their incredible artwork. Find out more details on Alex’s website – we’ll be offering anyone who goes along a free Meet the Burrower’s VIP Encounter when they pre-book their ticket to come visit the Hawk Conservancy Trust. Directions to Alex’s studio can be found on her website.
Anniversary event
Join us for an evening of drinks and canapés to celebrate the anniversary of our partnership with Alex McGarry on Thursday 5 December! Come along and meet Alex for yourself on this free to attend evening. You’ll be able to see our beautiful birds captured by Alex in her art, including the display of paintings that will be on permanent display in the Trust shop over the next year. Mark your calendars – more details coming soon.
Christmas Market
What better Christmas gift for a Hawk Conservancy Trust fan than a painting of their favourite bird to take home? Alex will be joining us at our Christmas Market this year, running Thursday 28 to Saturday 30 November. As well as painting during the evening, she’ll be displaying her exclusive range of paintings and prints created for the Trust and selling them too!
