DAVID SHEPHERD | Buffalo
Signed 'David Shepherd' (lower right)
Oil on Board
20 x 25 cms / 7¾ x 9¾ inches
Sold as a set of five, alongside Cheetah, Rhino, Elephant and Lion, for £62,000
A single African buffalo advances towards the viewer through dry grassland, its head lowered and horns curving outward to frame the face. The animal occupies the centre of the composition, set against a pale sky that provides limited depth. Straw-coloured grasses are rendered with broken strokes and scraped passages, while the buffalo’s dark mass is constructed through layered blacks, greys and muted browns. Shepherd applies oil paint unevenly across the surface, allowing texture to register prominently in the foreground.
David Shepherd is regarded by many as being the world's 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.
Davids'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.
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