Richard Paulley's Biography
Richard Paulley - Wildlife Artist
Richard is a full time self taught Wildlife Artist working out of Winchester where he is fulfilling his lifelong passion of creating striking artwork from the various fascinating and wonderful creatures with which we share our planet.
Over the year's art and the natural world has been an irresistible combination that has provided countless opportunities for artists to display their skills whilst at the same time producing images which are as diverse and powerful as the subjects they depict. These skills date back to the early cave dwellers and many artists still use nature's vibrant colours and shapes to enhance their work. But for Richard capturing the individual and sometimes unusual characteristics of these animals using pencil is the most rewarding and working with the restrictive pallet of black, greys and white whilst still maintaining the subtle tones and textures is challenging, but when complete provides a dominant feature suitable to take centre stage in any home.
Much of Richard's inspiration is taken from nearby Marwell Wildlife Park where they work incredibly hard on the conservation and protection of numerous endangered species and they house a vast array of rare breeds. With many of these exotic creatures close to extinction in the wild Richard hopes his drawings will help to educate people of their plight and at the same time provide a meaningful reminder of their existence for future generations.
