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Naomi Joy is a Wiltshire-based artist painting detailed, emotive British Wildlife art that promotes underappreciated and under-threat species. Her practice tackles controversial subjects to raise awareness, encourage difficult conversations, and inspire respect for the creatures she portrays.
Themes have included the impact of the badger cull, bat conservation, and symbiotic relationships within nature. She uses completely eco-friendly and vegan materials, including plant-based acrylic paint and homemade pigment paint.
Naomi Joy releases original artworks online, offered seasonally in limited editions. Each piece is special, allowing collectors to own a unique slice of her detailed and emotive wildlife art.
Her work has featured in numerous group exhibitions, such as part of the Creative Reactions exhibition at Hamilton House, where artists responded to scientific research, Meles Meles exhibition in Somerset which celebrated the badger and twice selected for Southern Nature Arts annual exhibition.
As a personal project in 2020, she painted the first chart of all British bat species, and the limited edition prints sold out within days and are now used by bat conservationists, rescue, and rehabilitation groups.
She has been working with the National Trust since 2022, including a commission to illustrate an exhibition that retold stories of biocultural objects and illustrating a series of bats to use in an interactive exhibition.
In 2025 she won the Mammal Society’s Mammal Illustrator of 2025: Challenging Perspectives “Best Portfolio” award. She also had her first solo show at Pound Arts Centre, Corsham titled “Love the Unloved”.
She is the recipient of a Develop Your Creative Practise Fund by Arts Council England and is currently undertaking a project called “Wild Palette: Maximising the Relevance,Sustainability, and Impact of Nature-Inspired Art” visiting local Wiltshire Wildlife sites and responding to unusual or under-threat wildlife, whilst making paint from found pigments at the site to use within the paintings.
Naomi made an appearance on BBC's Countryfile on November 2nd 2025, she was featured making homemade paints from clay found at a Wiltshire Wildlife Trust site and using it to finish off her painting of the Bechstein's bats who dwell at Green Lane Woods.
To enquire about commission opportunities, please contact Naomi through the contact form below or reach out via email to contact@naomijoyart.com