James Shepherd

My love of art and all things arty started at an early age whilst watching my father with his oil painting, mainly landscapes. The trouble was for me was that it all seemed to take too long. So I never really tried to do it. It was later in life that I saw a piece of artwork that was for me like switching a light on inside me. It gave me a buzz.
I found out that it was called Repousse' it was the reverse embossing of copper sheet, I watched someone doing it and the tools they were using and then found out the details. The next stage was one of the easiest things I have ever done in my life. I just started to make my own 3 dimensional copper and pewter plaques, it just felt so natural. I felt amazing especially when I started to sell them at the Covent Garden Market in London. Did this for a few years.

Some years later, the second light switch turned on when I saw digital painting, this was the biggy because I always really wanted to paint, so I did the same thing again and invested in Waycom Tablet and pen Artrage software and tried to paint. This was not so easy. I pursovered and began to find that it was starting to work for me.
Now after many years I am a digital artist, but still learning.
I believe watching my father at ...