Awards & Recognitions

2025, 2024 & 2021 Awards

In 2025, Crabtivated won the Highly Commended Award at TWASI - Nature In Art.

In 2024, Crabtivated was awarded 3rd place with the Pastel Guild of Europe's "Get Dusty".

In 2022, Crabtivated won overal 1st place in the international "All Womens" art awards with Light Space Time.

In 2021, the painting was selected by jury, to be exhibited in the Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition at the London Mall Galleries.

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2024 Pastel 100 and 2023 PGE

"Lara The Goldador" recieved an Honourable Mention Award in the 2024 Pastel 100. 

Previous awards and recognitions for Lara also include 2nd Place in the Pastel Guild of Europe's "Get Dusty", inclusion in the IAPS (International Association of Pastel Socitieties) 42nd "The Globe" and more. 

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2023 SAA Professional Artists of the Year Awards

"The Watcher" exhibited as one of the final 3 in the Wildlife/Animals Category of these prestigious awards in London.

The Watcher has also won several online juried awards. 

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2022 Sketch For Survival

In 2022, Sophie's pastel painting of a pair of critically endangered Bali Myna (Bali Starlings) was selected as a finalist and exhibited in the Wildlife 100 UK exhibition tour with Explorers Against Extinction. 

The painting sold for £140  in the charity auction, where all funds support conservation work.

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2024 Sketch For Survival 

Finalist, selected for the Wildlife 100 exhibition tour with Explorers Against Extinction in their annual Sketch For Survival. The full cost of "Belleza Verde", a critically endangered Lilac-Crowned Amazon, sold for £300 in their charity auction, with 100% of the funds headed to conservation work. 

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2024 and 2022 Biz Bubble Finalist

In 2022 and 2024, Sophie's art business SP Wildlife Art was a finalist in the Biz Bubble's Modern Maker's Awards including additional finalist positions in the Ethical Category for donations to conservation through art. 

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2023 AAA Inaugural Chairman's Award

In 2023, Sophie won the Inaugural Chairman's Award with the Association of Animal Artists.

This award celebrates the artist overall, rather than any specific work, recognising the artists efforts to support the wildlife depicted and to celebrate the artists achievements and progress. 
 

2021 AAA Runner Up

In 2021, "Blue Jay", Sophie first painting as a professional artist, received the Runner Up Award with the Association of Animal Artists. 

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2024 Pastel 100 - 2nd Place

"The Guardian" a soft pastel of an African Wild Dog (Painted Dog) received a 2nd place award in the Wildlife/Animals Category. 

"The Guardian" also featured in the Finalists of the Southeastern Pastel Society of America's "Luminocity" as well as the Pastel Guild of Europe's 2024 Dust Off.

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2023 AAA Best In Show

"Echo the German Shepherd" received the Best In Show Award at the 2023 annual competition with the Association of Animal Artists. She also received the award for the "Into The Home" category. 

Echo also exhibited in the 2024 Pastel Guild of Europe's "Dust Off"

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2022 AAA Best In Show and
PGE Best of 2023

"Things Are Looking Up" won the 2022 Best In Show Award with the Association of Animal Artists.

This painting also won the 2023 Summer Get Dusty with the Pastel Guild of Europe and went on to win the Best of 2023 Award too!

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