Biography
(last revised March 2024)
Shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Award 2020
Beauty of the Beast - This pencil drawing (tiger shown on my Graphite page) was shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year Award 2020. The exhibition was scheduled to take place at The Mall Galleries, London, SW1 from 26 May - 31 May 2020. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the exhibition took place on line until 28 June.
Beauty of the Beast was sold on the opening day of the exhibition. My postcard-size piece (a family of elephants) has also been sold. All proceeds from the sale of these two pieces have been donated to wildlife conservation projects.
My sincere thanks to the purchasers - also a big thank you from the animals I love to paint! Mx
I was born in Somerset, moved to Surrey in the 70s and then spent many years in Kent. I have now returned home to the west country and live in the beautiful South Somerset countryside.
Most of my working life has been spent in London, working for some of the UK's largest companies in senior PA roles. All thought of art, my favourite subject at school and college, was put on the back burner until I was fortunate enough to swap my London office desk for a drawing board/easel. I now work as a professional wildlife artist painting the animals I love. I am self-taught and work in pastel or graphite. I always work from my own sketches and photo reference and have met all the animals shown on this website.
My work is held in private collections in the UK and overseas. It can be seen at the Quex Park and Powell Cotton Museum, Birchington, Kent, which is a world class natural history museum. It is also exhibited at other locations around the UK.
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The David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2016 Exhibition
The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1
"Wonderment" (the chimp shown on my Graphite page) was included in this exhibition. The original has now been sold. Prints/greetings cards are available.
'BEAUTY OF THE BEAST 2015' - my second solo exhibition at Lovelys Gallery, Cliftonville, Kent.
My sincere thanks to everyone who visited. Also, thank you for all your lovely comments, written and oral, regarding my work.
Mx
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The David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2014 Exhibition
The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1
'Sumatran Beauty', shown on my Graphite page, was shortlisted for this award. This competition was open worldwide to professional and amateur artists.
'Sumatran Beauty' was sold on the preview evening. Prints and greetings cards are available.
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In 2012 Himalayan Beauty, featured on my 'pastel paintings' page, was exhibited at the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year competition held at The Mall Galleries, London. The competition was open to professional and amateur artists worldwide and the judges consisted of art critics, dealers, conservationists and artists.(Himalayan Beauty has now been sold - Limited Edition prints/greetings cards are available.)
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London Exhibitions
I have exhibited with the Society of Feline Artists at their London exhibitions which have been held at the prestigious Llewellyn Alexander Gallery.
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Limited Edition giclee prints of some of the work on this site are now available to purchase. Each edition is individually signed and numbered. See my Print page for details.
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Regular donations are made to wildlife conservation/animal charities from the sale of my artwork.
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SAVE THE TIGER
The tiger is the world's largest cat and is also the most threatened with extinction. Just 100 years ago 100,000 of these magnificent cats were living in Asia - today it is estimated that less than 3,200 remain.
Because of mankind's greed, stupidity and ignorance, many of the beautiful animals I paint now face extinction.
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This website will be revised on a regular basis with new work.
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