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We were very sorry to hear today of the death of wildlife artist and conservationist David Shepherd - a great man who will be much missed.

Alan Bickley

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That is sad news indeed, a wonderful artist who did so much for the conservation of wildlife. This news comes so shortly after the death of Bernard Dunstan who we spoke about recently.

Adele Elgood

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Another icon has passed - so sad!

Peter Davison

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Sad news, remembered for some very atmospheric railway paintings as well as his wildlife works.
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John Graham Inkson

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The sad thing for me is that there has been so little coverage of David. He gave so much back. I thought the BBC would have at least have done a retrospective of his achievements.

stephen weight

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Syd - it reminds me of something my eldest daughter said , on coming home from her fine art class - " an artists statement about his art , says more about his art than the work itself ever can " . My daughter took a fine art degree course , as far as I can ascertain she didn't do very much " proper " painting , although I have to say that when the students held an exhibition , a collector came straight up and offered her £200 for one of her weird works . Steve