David Shepherd, internationally renowned wildlife artist and conservationist, who has devoted much of his time to protecting almost extinct species of animals, and bringing to the forefront, the ever increasing need to 'look after' the planet on which we all live... He has recently presented awards to the Wildlife artist of thee year... He expressed his pride of the sucess of this year's competition, and went on to say how rewarding it was to offer an opportunity to so many artists throughout the world so that they can display their work and raise money to help save so many endangered species and make people aware of exactly what is happening to the world and its creatures. He expresses his views in a most straightforward and 'down-to-earth' manner... In a recent talk David believes that the world is dangerously fragile, and mainly through arrogance man thinks it fine to destroy and use up non-renewable resources for our own benefit. Mankind seems to be of the oppinion that it owns the Earth, but of course we share its ocupation with all the other living animals. The most dangerous animal on the planet is Man, and we make extinct one species every hour!It is unbelievable that we think that we can continue like this.... Resources are limited and time is limited..!.
His knowledge about wildlife is relatively small, but that is of little importance, but that is of little importance. He is acutely and strongly aware that his sucess is mainly due to the animals he has painted. He has seen many awful results of man's gread and stupidity towards the animals that live on the planet. Directors of many of the major corporations seem to have no interest in anything else apart from the interests of their shareholders. In politics who really cares about the environment? Greed and ignorance are the main factors..! Nothing is happening to right these issues, there was a glimmer of hope many years ago when 150 countries met to discuss the issue, but to no avail.. The world is crying out for help but those cries seem to be unheard.
Man's infinite wisdom and creative ability can always write another symphony or build another beautiful building. However, once the last tiger has been killed, another one cannot be made. Neil Armstrong tells David a thought as he was coming back from the moon in the space ship. He looked through the window at Earth, and it seemed about the size of a small ball; at that moment he realised how fragile it was. It was so fragile and it is our only planet and the message must arrive today; Otherwise, tomorrow will not exist.
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David Tatham has been an art dealer for over 25years. He specializes in original paintings and signed limited edition prints by the renowned British artist David Shepherd. The largest collection of his work in the country can be viewed and purchased from http://www.davidshepherd.com
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