.png){kind=small}
DAVID SHEPHERD | At Rest, Yet Alert - Watchful Tiger, Painted in 2001
Oil on Canvas
51 x 84 cms / 20" x 33"
“I have long admired David Shepherd and his love of the big wild animals. In almost everyone’s eyes he will be forever peerless in his ability to bring the African bush into his paintings.
Now that it is so much more difficult to travel to Africa, he reminds me so powerfully of that country and its precious wildlife.
It is a genuine privilege to have built up a small collection of his paintings of all my personal favourites: elephants, hippos, zebras, cheetahs, oryx, kudu and a single tiger. I know that they will become much treasured family heirlooms in the future.”
- A Discerning Collector
David Shepherd is regarded by many as being the worlds leading wildlife artist. He started his artistic career as an aviation artist, and an early commission for the RAF took him to Kenya where David painted his first wildlife subject and he never looked back.
David's love of wildlife is apparent in all aspects of his life. In 1984 he established the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation to fund vital enforcement and community projects that protect wildlife survival in the natural habitat and has since received many conservationist awards including an OBE.
David's distinctive style stems from a personal attachment with the animals of Kenya. His impasto brushwork in the foreground contrasted with the detailed and intricate depiction of the wild animals highlights the details of the rich African terrain and the fragility of the animals within.
Free shipping for artworks above £5,000 in the UK. For International customers please contact us for a shipping quote.
