Last year, with the National Fire Service having been established 80 years ago in 1941, we teamed up with Search Press inviting you to paint your celebratory tributes to the work of any or all of our emergency services.

From all the lovely entries, which included nurses, emergency call handlers and more, we chose this poignant painting of an Australian firefighter rescuing a koala in 2019 by Jennifer Leslie as the winning entry.

The winning entry

2019 Fireman Rescues Koala from Australian Bushfires, watercolour by Jennifer Leslie

Jennifer wins an £80 gift voucher from our friends at Search Press to spend on books of her choice.

Her winning painting, along with the three runners-up below, will also feature in a future issue of Leisure Painter.

The runners-up

The following three paintings were selected as runners-up and will also feature in the magazine.

Close Call, acrylic by Bob Ward

Inferno, oil by David Wharton

London's Burning, watercolour by Stephen Kelly

Congratulations to all the artists above. 

For your chance to enter our regular painting and question-based competitions

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