Mandy shepherd biography

Wildlife and Military Artist Mandy Shepherd

Farnham Art Society are proud and delighted to introduce Mandy Shepherd as our Patron following in the foot steps of her father the late David Shepherd who was the President of Farnham Art Society until his passing in 2017.

Mandy and her father the late David Shepherd

Mandy was born in 1960.

Her Art education began with a foundation year at the Byamshaw, London, followed by three years at Brighton to complete an honours degree in Fine Art and Illustration. After her degree, she travelled to Africa to work in Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

She gained valuable experience with a leading advertising agency in Harare during Independence, worked with a highly successful gallery in Johannesburg researching South African artists and managing to establish her own painting style at the same time. 

The trip culminated in her first solo show in Zimbabwe in 1980 and this set the pace for an exciting career and a long established and c