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Internationally recognised as one of the world's finest wildlife artists, David Shepherd at all times felt that he had a duty in the form of conservation towards the world and the animals that inhabit our planet. In his early days, he was 'thrown' into the creative world purely by chance, as he wasn't particularly keen about other college activities. Shepherd was commonly quoted as saying that up to his late teens his life was not very successful, as he always had an ambition to be a game warden in Africa.
Throughout school days, his foremost curiosity in art had been as a substitute for the compulsory games of rugby which left him with quite frightened. Unable to understand what would possess people to roll around a muddy rugby pitch and endure horrible injury, Shepherd took refuge in the faculty artwork department where he produced a hideous picture of some birds.
After returning from Africa with his dreams of being a game warden dashed, his father urged that if he actually needed to develop his artistic skills, he would want some training. Setting off to the Slade School of Fine Art in London with his bird picture, unfortunately he was told that he had no artistic ability and that instructing him would be pointless. Until by complete coincidence, he met an artist called Robin Goodwin who was regarded as a highly skilled marine artist. He never worked with apprentices, but luckily for Shepherd, he agreed to see some of his work. The very subsequent day Shepherd arrived at Robin Goodwin's studio in Chelsea with his 'bird' painting, and to David's sheer amazement Robin Goodwin agreed to help him. It is because of this artist that Shepherd achieved the creative status that he enjoys in the present day, even after his passing in 2017.
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