{"title":"David Shepherd OBE","description":"\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1117\/8250\/files\/David-Shepherd-Picture_large.jpg?15177533401898247360\" style=\"margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; float: right;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDavid Shepherd was born in Hendon, London, England. As a child he lived in Totteridge, North London and he won a children's painting competition in a magazine called \u003ci\u003eNursery World\u003c\/i\u003e when he was eight years old. He then attended Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. Upon leaving school he travelled to Kenya with the hope of becoming a game warden, but was rejected. He returned to the UK but was rejected by the Slade School of Fine Art in London. However, he was taken in by the artist Robin Goodwin who trained him for three years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eNeal Brown said in \u003ci\u003efrieze\u003c\/i\u003e magazine: \"David Shepherd is one of the most financially rewarded painters in the UK... Shepherd has brought pleasure to millions, as seen on the many table mats, posters and commemorative plates that bear his work. David Gower said, \"There is a sense of the atmosphere of the African bush that emanates from all his work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe became interested in conservation during an early expedition into the African bush, where he discovered a poisoned water hole with a large number of dead zebra.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe has since become an outspoken world-known campaigner,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eand devotes much of his time to this. He is also a steam railway enthusiast, but said in a letter to the UK Railway Magazine, \"you can always build another steam loco but you can't build another tiger.\" One of his best known paintings is called \u003ci\u003eTiger in The Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, painted in 1977. He is also known for his paintings of elephants. He is the founder of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe received an OBE dated 31 December 1979 \"for services to the conservation of wildlife.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHe was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to charity and wildlife conservation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.davidshepherd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Website\"\u003eVisit David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation Website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.newlookart.com\/en-es\/collections\/david-shepherd.oembed","provider":"New Look Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}