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Ever since leaving school, I continued my art education through to university, where my love of animals and nature led me on to further study Scientific Illustration. Since graduating I became a self employed artist teaching art privately as well working in adult education teaching drawing and painting. Other projects include delivering art related activities at corporate and community events. When I am not teaching, time is spent in my studio painting. I prefer to work in Acrylic as it suits my approach to painting. My paintings are an impressionistic interpretation conveying traditional subject’s in a more contemporary style. For me this is explored through expressive brushstrokes and bold colour giving a slight abstract feel to the work.
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Exhibitions
2022 - Geedon Gallery, Group show
2022 - Artist of the month DSWF
2021 - Festive Collective DSWF
2021 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended
2020 - Discerning Eye
2020 - Sketch for Survival Auction
2020 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended
2019 - Resident Artist, Sketch for Survival private view - National Geographic, South Kensington, London
2019 - Explorers against Extinction, Sketch for Survival Exhibitions and Auction
13 - 28 April 2019 - East Anglian Women Artists of Today -Geedon Gallery
2018 - Geedon Gallery - Group show, Autumn exhibition
2018 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2017 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2017 Explorers against Extinction, Sketch for Survival Exhibitions and Auction
2016 - Joint exhibition - 17 till 27 November 2016. The Chandler Room, The White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough
2016 - Open Studios, Hadleigh Old Fire Station, Hadleigh, Essex. September 2016
2016 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2016 - Featured Artist in the Chelmsford art club annual exhibition - RHS Hyde Hall
2015 - Joint Art Exhibition - Aubrey Art Gallery, Great Dunmow
2015 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2014 - Fur, Fin and Feathers - Aubrey Art Gallery, Great Dunmow
2014 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2013 - Society of Wildlife Artists exhibition 'The Natural Eye' Mall Galleries, London
2013 - The Parndon Mill Gallery - Harlow, Essex
2013 - MIWAS - Rookesbury Manor
2012 - Essex Open - Beecroft Art Gallery
2011 - Essex Open - Beecroft Art Gallery
2010 - Essex Open - Beecroft Art Gallery
2009 - Visual Arts Exhibition - Southend Library
2005 - 'Flowers' Ash Gallery
2004 - 'Reflections' (Group show) Southend Library
1995 - Joint art exhibition - Theatro Technis, London
Awards/Accolades
2020 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended for Asiatic Lions
2019 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2018 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2017 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended for 'Barbary Macaque'
2016 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2015 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2014 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2013 - BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year competition - Highly Commended for 'Woodbridge Swans'
2013 - BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year competition - 'Best British Bird' category winner for 'Pigeon Frenzy'
2012 - Essex Open - Peoples choice award as voted for by the public - Beecroft Art Gallery
2009 - Visual Arts Exhibition - Winner for best painting in show
2005 - ITV's 'A Brush with Fame' - Regional Finalist
Publications
2020 - Step by step articles for 'The Artist' Magazine November edition
2018 - Step by step articles for 'The Artist' Magazine
2017 - 'Paint and Draw' magazine, September Issue
2017 - 4 step by step articles for 'The Artist' Magazine - June, Summer, September and October editions
2016 - Contributing author to the Acrylic section of 'Artists Painting Techniques' Published by Dorling Kindersley
2015 - Featured artist in the 'Complete Guide to Painting in Acrylics' Published by SearchPress
TV
2016 - Paintings used as set dressing for ITV1 drama 'Paranoid'
2005 - Regional finalist - ITV's 'A Brush with Fame'
Teaching, Workshops
2022 - Wildlife Acrylics Workshop, New Romney
2022 - Monthly workshops / HOFS
2022 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2022 - Birds in Acrylics, Alex Waylett Studio
2021 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2020 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2020 - Truro Arts Company
2019 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2019 - White Horse Bookshop - Marlborough, Wiltshire
2019 - RHS Hyde Hall - Essex
2019 - King John School Hertford - Students project on my style of painting (Flowers)
2018 - King John School Hertford - Students project on my style of painting (Wildlife)
2018 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2018 - White Horse Bookshop - Marlborough, Wiltshire
2018 - RHS Hyde Hall - Essex
2017 - White Horse Bookshop - Marlborough, Wiltshire
2017 - RHS Hyde Hall - Essex
2017 - Old Bank Studios - Harwich
2016 - Watershed Studio - Clacton
2016 - Old Bank Studios - Harwich
2016 - Working with secondary school pupils - WW1 centenary project
2015 - Present - Hadleigh art workshops, once a month for adults
2015 - Old Bank Studios - Harwich, Essex
2012 - Dressing Hadleigh for the 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike event. 2 community projects working with local schools and Salvation Army
2006 - Co-ordinator, Art on the Railings event, Southend
2005 - 2017 - Art themed activities for small and large events
2005 - 2009 - Childrens Art workshop, working with various organisations, schools, Southend museums, Southend and Essex County council
2005 - 2007 - Art Classes, drawing and painting
2003 - 2005 - Southend Adult Community College - drawing and painting
Ongoing
- Monthly workshops
- Gallery exhibitions
2022 - Geedon Gallery, Group show
2022 - Artist of the month DSWF
2021 - Festive Collective DSWF
2021 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended
2020 - Discerning Eye
2020 - Sketch for Survival Auction
2020 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended
2019 - Resident Artist, Sketch for Survival private view - National Geographic, South Kensington, London
2019 - Explorers against Extinction, Sketch for Survival Exhibitions and Auction
13 - 28 April 2019 - East Anglian Women Artists of Today -Geedon Gallery
2018 - Geedon Gallery - Group show, Autumn exhibition
2018 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2017 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2017 Explorers against Extinction, Sketch for Survival Exhibitions and Auction
2016 - Joint exhibition - 17 till 27 November 2016. The Chandler Room, The White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough
2016 - Open Studios, Hadleigh Old Fire Station, Hadleigh, Essex. September 2016
2016 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2016 - Featured Artist in the Chelmsford art club annual exhibition - RHS Hyde Hall
2015 - Joint Art Exhibition - Aubrey Art Gallery, Great Dunmow
2015 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2014 - Fur, Fin and Feathers - Aubrey Art Gallery, Great Dunmow
2014 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Mall Galleries, London
2013 - Society of Wildlife Artists exhibition 'The Natural Eye' Mall Galleries, London
2013 - The Parndon Mill Gallery - Harlow, Essex
2013 - MIWAS - Rookesbury Manor
2012 - Essex Open - Beecroft Art Gallery
2011 - Essex Open - Beecroft Art Gallery
2010 - Essex Open - Beecroft Art Gallery
2009 - Visual Arts Exhibition - Southend Library
2005 - 'Flowers' Ash Gallery
2004 - 'Reflections' (Group show) Southend Library
1995 - Joint art exhibition - Theatro Technis, London
Awards/Accolades
2020 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended for Asiatic Lions
2019 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2018 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2017 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist and Highly Commended for 'Barbary Macaque'
2016 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2015 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2014 - David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year - Finalist
2013 - BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year competition - Highly Commended for 'Woodbridge Swans'
2013 - BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year competition - 'Best British Bird' category winner for 'Pigeon Frenzy'
2012 - Essex Open - Peoples choice award as voted for by the public - Beecroft Art Gallery
2009 - Visual Arts Exhibition - Winner for best painting in show
2005 - ITV's 'A Brush with Fame' - Regional Finalist
Publications
2020 - Step by step articles for 'The Artist' Magazine November edition
2018 - Step by step articles for 'The Artist' Magazine
2017 - 'Paint and Draw' magazine, September Issue
2017 - 4 step by step articles for 'The Artist' Magazine - June, Summer, September and October editions
2016 - Contributing author to the Acrylic section of 'Artists Painting Techniques' Published by Dorling Kindersley
2015 - Featured artist in the 'Complete Guide to Painting in Acrylics' Published by SearchPress
TV
2016 - Paintings used as set dressing for ITV1 drama 'Paranoid'
2005 - Regional finalist - ITV's 'A Brush with Fame'
Teaching, Workshops
2022 - Wildlife Acrylics Workshop, New Romney
2022 - Monthly workshops / HOFS
2022 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2022 - Birds in Acrylics, Alex Waylett Studio
2021 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2020 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2020 - Truro Arts Company
2019 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2019 - White Horse Bookshop - Marlborough, Wiltshire
2019 - RHS Hyde Hall - Essex
2019 - King John School Hertford - Students project on my style of painting (Flowers)
2018 - King John School Hertford - Students project on my style of painting (Wildlife)
2018 - Norfolk Creative Arts
2018 - White Horse Bookshop - Marlborough, Wiltshire
2018 - RHS Hyde Hall - Essex
2017 - White Horse Bookshop - Marlborough, Wiltshire
2017 - RHS Hyde Hall - Essex
2017 - Old Bank Studios - Harwich
2016 - Watershed Studio - Clacton
2016 - Old Bank Studios - Harwich
2016 - Working with secondary school pupils - WW1 centenary project
2015 - Present - Hadleigh art workshops, once a month for adults
2015 - Old Bank Studios - Harwich, Essex
2012 - Dressing Hadleigh for the 2012 Olympic Mountain Bike event. 2 community projects working with local schools and Salvation Army
2006 - Co-ordinator, Art on the Railings event, Southend
2005 - 2017 - Art themed activities for small and large events
2005 - 2009 - Childrens Art workshop, working with various organisations, schools, Southend museums, Southend and Essex County council
2005 - 2007 - Art Classes, drawing and painting
2003 - 2005 - Southend Adult Community College - drawing and painting
Ongoing
- Monthly workshops
- Gallery exhibitions