Art Pack April

Art Pack April is our annual contest in honor of our founder, artist Jacque Evans. The idea is to promote art and artists while raising awareness of our mission.

Our Second Annual Contest concluded on May 1st, 2021, and we received lots of wonderful submissions! Each year we provide four weekly “prompts” for inspiration, and artists of all ages and skill levels are invited to share their interpretations of those prompts, or themes, each week to their social media accounts.

Continue scrolling to see the 2021 winners, and runners-up! Thank you to everyone that participated; the team loved every creation, and it took a lot of discussion to pick the best each week!

Here are the four prompts our artists used as inspiration for their own creative interpretations!
Week 1 – Conspiracy of Ravens
Winning Entry
by Kim Reynolds
Runner-Up
by Mary Smith
Week 2 – Wolfy Grin
Winning Entry
by Suzanne King
Runner-Up
by Kim Reynolds

Runner-Up
by Mary Goforth

Week 3 – Into The Woods
Winning Entry
by Suzanne King
Runner-Up
by Mary Smith
Runner-Up
by Kim Reynolds
Week 4 – The Wild In Bloom
Winning Entry
by Mary Smith
Runner-Up
by Kim Reynolds

Fun Fact!

Artist Mary Waterloo Smith, one of the contest winners from 2020 (you can view the 2020 winners here), created amazing, whimsical wolves for the week 4 challenge, Full Moon that made a huge impact on the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary team.

We loved those wolves so much, we asked Mary if she would create a winter scene for the cover of our greeting cards. She happily agreed and donated her work, as well as the full-size original piece! You can see more of Mary’s work on her Etsy store, RedHotKitties.

You can purchase greeting cards with Mary’s wonderful design, “A Cozy Winter’s Night”, from our online Gift Shop.