Devon’s Best Young Landscape Artist
Our annual competition seeks out the stunning talent among Devon’s young artists, to depict the views they cherish in oils, watercolour, collage, mixed media – even highly specialised genres such as pyrography.
The competition – previously aimed at primary-school children and entitled My Outdoors – was relaunched in 2021 to include artists in the 12–18 age group as well as the 7–11s. The outcomes have been stunning. Take a look below at some of the winning entries.
Best Young Landscape Artist 2025
Six young Devon artists, including two twelve-year-olds from Pilton Community College in Barnstaple, have successfully demonstrated their creativity and eye for composition in this year’s Devon Best Young Landscape Artist Competition.
The judges, Devon CPRE’s Director Penny Mills and Exeter-based professional landscape painter Kath Hadden, agreed that the six pictures depicting a variety of Devon landscapes really stood out from the other submissions. Each one tells a different story that is personal to the artist, with one highlighting the current threats to the countryside and farming, and another described by Kath as reminiscent of celebrated British contemporary artist Kurt Jackson in the way the young painter had captured the light on the sea.
WINNER, 7–11 age group
The winner was 9-year-old Arabella Durman from Tiverton with an original perspective of the countryside, seen between a horse’s ears.
RUNNERS UP, 7–11 age group
7-year-old Constance Passera from Beaworthy with her drawing of Brentor on Dartmoor, “her all-time favourite place in the world”
10-year-old Josiah Wort from Bideford who drew a striking oil pastel of another Dartmoor scene, entitled Wild Camp on Dartmoor – Shelstone Tor.
WINNER, 12 – 17 age group
12-year-old Poppy Fellows who attends Pilton Community College. Her painting of the coast at Hartland showed great use of colour.
RUNNERS UP, 12 – 17 age group
17-year-old Jessica Horton from Roborough, whose pen and ink drawing of Firestone Bay in South Devon was very accomplished
12-year-old Seth Davies, another Pilton pupil, with his watercolour of the North Devon Coast Path featuring a cheeky fox.
The winners will receive £100 each and the Runners Up £25 each. Their work will be available to view for a limited time at the Museum of Dartmoor Life in Okehampton.