David Shepherd

We have split our David Shepherd - Wildlife Of The World Portfolio ❤️ (released from 1997 to 1999) into its eight individual wildlife titles, to allow more people to purchase from this most sort after of series. These individual limited edition titles are rare collector's items and would make great gift ideas as we come up to Christmas! - October 2020

David Shepherd CBE (1931-2017) was born in London and renowned in Britain & internationally for his magnificent paintings of wildlife & big game and he would go on to become ones of the world's most prominent protectors of them. He was also accomplished at painting steam trains, aircraft, landscapes and indeed people.

**A compilation of archive footage of David, in tribute to the artist:

David made a welcome 'artist appearance' at one of the Picture Perfect Gallery locations in the early 1990s in Barkingside (London) much to the delight of his avid fanbase that attended on the special day; in those days, such events where very rare indeed and I feel very privileged to have met him - we have pictures somewhere!

He also had a friendship with top graphite artist Mike Sibley and David wrote the forward to the 2nd edition of Mike's bestselling 'how to draw' book.

His art has been popular and widely collected since the 1960s, including a long running series of signed limited edition prints & silkscreens, he has also authored a handful of books about his art & conservation work.

Growing up in North London, Shepherd showed his artistic talent from as young as 8 years old when he won a children's art competition.

The young Shepherd was also an avid conservationist and even went to Kenya when he left school in the hopes of becoming a game warden but was turned away. He then decided to pursue a career in art and was once again turned down by The Slade School of Fine Art (now part of University College London) but luckily, artist Robin Goodwin agreed to train David over the course of 36 months.

**2015 Interview with David by SurreyTV in his studio:

David went on to have a legendary art career and gained the dual distinction of being the UK’s most popular wildlife artist and the most famous artist involved in conservation in the 20th Century. A third string in his bow is that David was instrumental in the preservation of old steam locomotives in several areas around the United Kingdom, founding the East Somerset Railway and indeed in Africa - including South Africa and Zimbabwe.

His legacy lives on in the countless thousands of his limited editions, art prints, originals and books in homes around the world and his Foundation (also known by the acronym 'DSWF'), which continues the conservation work which was David’s lifelong passion.