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David Shepherd Art

English, 1931-2017

David Shepherd was born in the UK in 1931. He was not only one of his generation’s most well-known artists, but also an outspoken preservationist. At the age of just eight years old, he won a painting competition for the magazine Nursery World, marking the beginning of his painting career. Yet, after his school years, he traveled to Kenya in the hopes of becoming a game warden. Though he was rejected, the trip would ignite his passions for wildlife and wildlife preservation. He continued to paint throughout his lifetime, and many of his canvases took as their subjects the wildlife that he had grown to love. In addition to his animal subjects, he also dedicated paintings to the locomotive. He was a famed collector of steam locomotives, devoting much of his time later in his life to the preservation of these powerful engines. Shepherd was heavily involved in the founding of a heritage steam railway, the East Somerset Railway, and owned a number of historic locomotives. Both his painting of animals and steam engines were remarkably popular amongst the collecting public, and they remain highly prized today.

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Artist: David Shepherd
Honey Dust, Oil Painting
Honey Dust, Oil Painting

Honey Dust, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's faces. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among o...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

Blending In, Oil Painting
Blending In, Oil Painting

Blending In, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A hyperrealistic close-up view of an eye surrounded by vibrant red and yellow flowers in full bloom. "The viewer cannot know if the model is a man or woman, a...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

The Flying Scotsman 4472 Steam Train signed ltd ed
The Flying Scotsman 4472 Steam Train signed ltd ed

The Flying Scotsman 4472 Steam Train signed ltd ed

By David Shepherd

Located in Hillsborough, NC

‘The Flying Scotsman’ is an iconic steam train running from Edinburgh to Kings Cross London. Dubbed ‘The Flying Scotsman’ when exhibited in 1924 the expres...

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Mid-20th Century Realist David Shepherd Art

Materials

Laid Paper, Color, Offset

Grapeshot, Oil Painting
Grapeshot, Oil Painting

Grapeshot, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist David Shepherd paints a hyperrealistic portrait of a woman adorned with white flowers. "The eye is like a fingerprint, it uniquely identifies us," says...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

Giant Refreshed BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Canopus Airliner Aircraft Painting
Giant Refreshed BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Canopus Airliner Aircraft Painting

Giant Refreshed BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Canopus Airliner Aircraft Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset

David Shepherd. English ( b.1931 – d.2017 ). Giant Refreshed, 1953. BOAC Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, Canopus. Oil On Canvas. Signed & Dated 1953 Lower Right. Image size 19.7 inches x 2...

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Mid-20th Century Realist David Shepherd Art

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Canvas, Oil

Healthy Choices II, Oil Painting
Healthy Choices II, Oil Painting

Healthy Choices II, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist David Shepherd paints a hyperrealistic close-up image of lips sipping on a flower. A torrent of dewy nectar drips slowly to the subject's mouth. Her sp...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

Lazarus, Oil Painting
Lazarus, Oil Painting

Lazarus, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Bright pink petals frame a close-up portrait. For artist David Shepherd, the eye—like a fingerprint—uniquely identifies a person, yet their identity, orig...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

Healthy Choices, Oil Painting
Healthy Choices, Oil Painting

Healthy Choices, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this provocative hyperrealist painting, artist David Shepherd uses honey and leaves as symbols of health, well-being and sexuality. "By only showing a part...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

Materials

Oil

Passing Ships in the Night, Oil Painting
Passing Ships in the Night, Oil Painting

Passing Ships in the Night, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Provocative hyperrealist oil painting created with breathtaking detail. Artist David Shepherd explains that he used the glass surface in this piece as a light...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oculus, Oil Painting
Oculus, Oil Painting

Oculus, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's faces. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among o...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

“The Leopard Cub”
“The Leopard Cub”

“The Leopard Cub”

By David Shepherd

Located in Warren, NJ

This is an David Shepherd, (British, 1931-2017) The Leopard Cub, Pencil on Paper . In good condition measures Frame: 12 by 16 inches Sight: 4 1/2 by 7 inches

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20th Century David Shepherd Art

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Pencil

Gaining Ground, Oil Painting
Gaining Ground, Oil Painting

Gaining Ground, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist David Shepherd promotes and explores the idea of united humanity regardless of who he paints. Focusing on the eye in this hyperrealistic piece, he surr...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

Within and Without, Oil Painting
Within and Without, Oil Painting

Within and Without, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this hyperrealistic painting of a close-up view of an eye framed by delicate white flowers, artist David Shepherd investigates taking people out of gender....

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

Never Going Back, Oil Painting
Never Going Back, Oil Painting

Never Going Back, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A hyperrealistic painting of a close-up view of an eye framed by glistening white and pink flower petals. Part of artist David Shepherd's series investigating...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

Materials

Oil

Kiss, Oil Painting
Kiss, Oil Painting

Kiss, Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's lips. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among ot...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

Plastic
Plastic

Plastic

By David Shepherd

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this hyperrealistic painting, David depicts a model holding plastic to her face. The work is meant as a commentary on global warming and a need to plan fo...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist David Shepherd Art

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Oil

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Oriental Figure Study in Red and White

Oriental Figure Study in Red and White

Located in Stockholm, SE

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At Rest, Yet Alert - Watchful Tiger, 2001, David Shepherd Original Oil Painting
At Rest, Yet Alert - Watchful Tiger, 2001, David Shepherd Original Oil Painting

At Rest, Yet Alert - Watchful Tiger, 2001, David Shepherd Original Oil Painting

By David Shepherd

Located in London, GB

David Shepherd’s At Rest, Yet Alert - Watchful Tiger, 2001 is a masterful example of wildlife art, capturing the raw power and quiet intensity of one of nature’s most formidable pred...

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The Old Bull, 1994, Original David Shepherd Oil Painting

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Signed lower right. Image dimensions: 15cm x 15cm / 6 inches x 6 inches Framed dimensions: 26.1cm x 26.1cm / 10.3 inches x 10.3 inches David Shepherd is considered to be one of the ...

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Maternal Instinct, Painted in 1992

Maternal Instinct, Painted in 1992

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Out on the Plains, Painted in 1983

Out on the Plains, Painted in 1983

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The Family at Rest

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Deep in the Forest, Jaguar

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Fresh Start, Oil Painting

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Provocative hyperrealist oil painting rendered with breathtaking detail. "The world is a strange place," says artist David Shepherd. "Parents trying to interp...

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Tiger
Tiger

David ShepherdTiger

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H 28.25 in W 42.5 in

Tiger

By David Shepherd

Located in Belgravia, London, London

Oil on canvas Canvas size: 20 x 34 inches Framed size: 28.25 x 42.5 inches Signed lower right

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In the Sheds, Swindon
In the Sheds, Swindon

In the Sheds, Swindon

By David Shepherd

Located in New Orleans, LA

This exceptional oil on canvas was composed by the great British artist David Shepherd. Masterfully composed, it brings together two of the renowned painter’s passions - painting and steam locomotives. Shepherd owned a number of locomotives, all of them British built, which came to serve as the basis for his most coveted oils. Highly detailed, the works bring to life the majesty and might of British industry through the form of these titans of the railways. In In the Sheds...

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20th Century Academic David Shepherd Art

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