I recently found out that my Golden Eagle collage has won through to the finals of the BBC Wildlife Artist Of The Year 2011 competition. Final judging is on 25th May where I have to take the framed illustration for a day of judging before finding out if I’ve first won my category ‘British Birds’ and then the whole thing – fingers crossed!

We’re not allowed to publish the full illustrations online until after the judging has taken place, but here’s a sneak peak of a portion of my entry…