commissions

Barbara E Shepard frequently works to commission and has created artworks for both public and private organisations as well as for private individuals.

She has worked as artist in residence, as well as steering community projects. Some projects were commissioned by public bodies i.e.: councils, schools, museums etc., and include production of large scale murals at: Ashton House Women’s Hostel, Burford Assessment Centre, Carlton Bolling College, St Helen’s Junior and Infant School, and a play bus for St Johns’ Ward, Halifax.

Other commissions of this kind included poster design with a group of teenage mothers and mothers to be, and a celebratory millennium a project for Hull Waterways Museum to created a photographic and painted record of a boat journey around part of the UK.

In a different vein she was commissioned to create a collection 11 individual costume illustrations for an education project at Nottingham Museum.

Private commissions include a large scale mural in a shopping centre at Walkley’s Clogs Factory Shopping Centre. Others include portrait commissions in charcoal, pastels and oil paint; charcoal drawings and pastels of buildings and scenery; and pen and ink illustrations for a book.

commissioning new works

Barbara E Shepard is available to take new commissions tailored specifically to your requirements.

Portraits can be commissioned as charcoal drawing, pastels or in oil on canvas. Portraits can be created from your existing photographs or from photographs made by the artist or directly from live sittings.

Landscapes and architectural works may be commissioned as charcoal drawings, pen and ink illustrations and as coloured pastel works. These can be created from photographs or directly from life. It is also possible to commission works including large scale pieces in oil on canvas or acrylic, created from either from live studies or photographs.

The artist is open to considering other art works you may be interested in having made especially for you. Please email your request.

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