Into the Wild Reader Challenge: Announcing Our Finalists

We are fascinated by the natural world—particularly wild animals, birds, insects, and more—and the way they present themselves to their mates, prey, and predators. Nature provides their exteriors with texture, camouflage, bright/muted colors—or combinations of these things.

For this challenge, we invited readers to consider the creatures in their backyards or far afield and encouraged them to let the textures, patterns, and/or colors they observed inspire their art. The format was 8″ x 10″, in portrait orientation, and we stressed ‘inspiration’ from the natural world—the artwork could be realistic and representational or more loosely influenced by animals, graphic and abstract.

We were enchanted with our readers’ responses. We love the precision and realism of the representational works we received and were equally enthralled by the creativity and cleverness of the more abstract works—and there was a fair amount of whimsy in many of the works, too, that made us smile. Thank you for your support of and submissions to our Reader Challenges—your work brightens our inbox and expands our artistic minds! With that in mind, we are pleased and proud to announce the finalists for this challenge!

Please check this list carefully for your name.

What Next?

Put your name on your quilt. Indicate the top, if needed. A hanging sleeve is not required; you may include one if you work that way. For safety, place your entry in a plastic bag labeled with your name and address before packing it for shipping. We reserve the right to keep and possibly display your ‘Into the Wild’ quilt until March 2024. Your artwork will be returned to you by then or before.

Ship To:
Golden Peak Media
Attn: Into the Wild Reader Challenge
500 Golden Ridge Road, Suite 100
Golden, CO 80401