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The titular founder of the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, was a prominent British artist as well as outspoken conservationist, and said: “Bringing conservation and environmental issues to the forefront of people’s minds in this busy, commercial world has always been a monumental task and one that I, through my art, have strived to achieve”. You may be familiar with his inaugural fund raising success, in which he auctioned off his piece Tiger Fire (1973) and raised £127,000 for Project Tiger - a wildlife conservation project launched by India’s first and only female Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, in April 1973.

The details of the day-to-day workings of an art publisher may vary from one to another, but essentially a publisher will act as the representative for an artist (or portfolio of artists) in order to promote and sell the artist’s work to wholesalers and mainstream retail buyers and collectors on their behalf. Some publishers specialise in open editions, posters, or greetings cards; others (like us here at Collier & Dobson) specialise in Fine art limited edition giclee prints. If mutually agreed, we also sell original artwork by artists that we represent.

What's the best piece of advice you have been given? I've always been told to follow your dreams, and I don't think you can go wrong with that advise! 

In the groundbreaking article Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? by Linda Nochlin in 1971, the view that women had been systematically erased from art history was explored, calling out the institutional barriers historically faced by women in the Western tradition. It echoed the civil-rights advances that were taking place at the time, and is considered required ‘feminist art history’ and ‘feminist art theory’ reading.

With Mother's Day (Sunday 10th March) just around the corner, now is the ideal time to get that perfect present for Mum. We have lots of reasons to thank those special women in our life who have supported us through the recent turbulent years...as well as throughout our lives. So, to bring them a little much-deserved happiness, we've pulled together some thoughtful gift ideas from our online gallery and Interiors collections. 

As with the colour favourites for 2024, homeware trends look set to continue to embrace individual character, boldness of styling, and to encourage our connection with nature. Here are the top 5 homeware trends for 2024...

Now that January has arrived, the world’s leading brands have each announced their own ‘color of the year’. Warm tones look set to replace cooler colours as the preferred palette in 2024 in a bid to create comforting cocoon-like spaces in our homes…and it looks as though we are finally saying ‘goodbye to grey’. The front-running colour themes for 2024 are tipped to be…

We are thrilled to have launched an enticing collection of vibrant new limited edition prints today. The collection includes work from the ever popular Gary Walton, Dominique Salm, Bev Davies, Nicky Litchfield, Jake Winkle, Sarah Jackson, as well as introducing exciting new marine life artist - Giles Ward.

Originally from London, Sarah was born in 1989, and moved to the West Country with her family when she was aged just 8. There, the sweeping Cornish coastline, rural scenery and abundance of wildlife ignited a spark of passion in Sarah for the natural world which surrounded her.

We are thrilled to have launched a collection of colourful new limited edition prints today from in-demand artist Gary Walton, as well as introducing two exciting new artists - Sarah Jackson and Corinne Young.