Artwork by Neil Sheppard,(alias SHEP) is represented in private collections throughout the world.
Neil was born in the UK in 1956, and migrated to Australia in 1963 with his parents when he was 7 years of age.
Neils’ family settled in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. After leaving High School, Neil spent a few years touring Australia and New Zealand, working at a variety of jobs, then studied and graduated as a teacher.
From an early age Neil always enjoyed drawing, and started his art career working in pen and ink. In 1998 Neil ventured into colour, painting in acrylics, and in 2005 began experimenting with oils.
Neil is on a continual creative journey, exploring new subjects, new styles, new techniques. He is a skilled and adventurous artist, sometimes using bright colours, and at other times soft subdued tones, mixing mediums, or sometimes adding 3-dimensional texture with interesting materials like silver foil or wood. Neil has the ability to alternate his style with ease between landscapes, seascapes, traditional, modern, abstract, impressionism or realism.
Neil lives at Bay of Shoals, Kangaroo Island with his wife, in a strawbale and stone loft home he built himself. He currently works full-time as an artist, maintaining his own gallery, Sheps’ Studio, built adjacent to his residence.
www.visualartist.info/shep
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