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Paintings Slide Show

Chris' TV Interview

Wildlife Art Expo 2008 in aid of Cheshire Wildlife Trust.
Overall Winner withacylic on canvas painting
'Blue Kingfisher Green Water'

Some of the titles his work appears in:

Spotters Guide to Animal Tracks & Signs – Usborne 1979

Butterflies and Moths (Usborne First Nature) 1980

Creepy Crawlies (Usborne First Nature) 1982

Collins Gem – The Seashore 1984

Time Traveller – Walker Books 1985

Collins New Generation Guide – Wild Flowers 1987

Butterflies and Insects – Hamlin Tracker Nature Guides 1991

Collins Gem Guide – Pond Life 1991

The Dragonflies & Damselflies of Cheshire 1992

Earthquakes & Volcanoes (Usborne Understanding Geography) 1993

Collins Guide – Scottish Wild Flowers 1995

I Didn’t Know That Some Birds Hang Upside-down 1997

Starlings & Mynas (Helm Identification Guides) 1998

I Didn’t Know That Some Chimps Use Tools 1999

Collins Pocket Guide - Sea Shore of Britain and Europe 2001

Incredible Animal Discovery (Magic Skeleton Books) 2002

Safari Animal Adventure (Magic Skeleton Books) 2003

Tracks & Signs of the Birds of Britain & Europe 2003

Guide to Ladybirds of the British Isles - FSC (fold-out chart) 2006

Where to watch Birds in World Cities – A & C Black Publishers 2006

Guide to Bees of the Britain - FSC (fold-out chart) 2007

Owls and Owl Pellets - FSC (fold-out chart) 2008

Irish Butterflies and Insects - Appletree Press 2009

Top 50 Gardeb Birds - FSC (fold-out chart) 2010

Ladybird Larvae - FSC (fold-out chart) 2012

Collins Fungi Guide to the mushrooms & toadstools of Britain & Ireland 2012

Ladybirds (Naturalists' Handbook) Pelagic Publishing 2013

Wilde Dieren in de tuin – Herkenningskaart [Dutch] 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Chris Shields Exhibitions & Biography:

2016 - David Shepherd Wildlife artist of the Year Exhibition. - The Mall Galleries London.

2015 - TV Intervew in the Goyt Valley with Kerrie Gosney. YouTube Link

2014 - Publication of Field Studies Council's fold-out chart 'Guide to chalk rivers of England

2014 - Publication of Insects of Ireland - The Collins Press.

2014 - Completion of second mural on Belmond's (Previously Orient Express) train 'Northern Belle'.

2013 -Completion of first mural on Belmond's (Previously Orient Express) train 'Northern Belle.

2012 - Stockport Open Contemporary Exhibition - Stockport Art Gallery.

2012 - Publication of Collins Fungi Guide

2012 - Publication of Youtube Paintings Slide show. Link

2011 - Stockport Open Contemporary Exhibition - Stockport Art Gallery. Winner 'Visitors Choice'. Link.

2009 - Interview on Manchester's Channel M TV arts program - Zeitgeist Online.Link

2009 - Animal Earth Exhibition
Willington Hall, Willington, Tarporley, Cheshire UK

2009 - NEWA annual exhibition. Burton, Wirral Cheshire. Exhibit ‘Black-faced Spoonbill – Commended.

2009- Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition. The Mall Galleries London
Short-listed into the final 25

2009 – Insect illustration course (Painting Pollinators )and exhibition at Field Studies Council, Shropshire UK

2008 - Wildlife Art Expo. Bonhams Auctioneers, Christleton Road, Chester UK
Chris Shields - Overall Winner 

2008 - Painting Pollinators, Exhibition & Insect Illustration Course.  The Field Studies Council, Shropshire.

2008 - Wildlife Artist of the Year Exhibition. The Mall Galleries London

2007 - Manchester Tango. Tango Argentino Demonstration and Display of Tango Paintings, Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, Manchester UK.

2006 - BBC's On line Art Exhibition 'Radio and the Artist'.

2006 - A Small Display of Tango Paintings.  Instituto Cervates, Manchester
UK.

2006 - One-Man Show. Shanghai Stock Exchange Club, Shanghai Stock Exchange building, Pudong

2005 - Shanghai International Art Fair

2005 - First one-man show in China, ‘West meets East’ The Art House,
Suzhou Creek Shanghai

2002 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

2001 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

2001 - ‘The Trees of Time & Place’ painting exhibited in National Gallery London.

2000 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1999 - Stockport Art Gallery Open Exhibition, Stockport UK

1998 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1997 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1995 - One-man Show. Hale Picture Gallery, Altrincham, Cheshire UK

1994 - One-Man Show 'The four seasons' Hale Library, Altrincham, Cheshire, UK

1992 - Northern Exhibition of Wildlife Artists exhibition, Liverpool.

1991 - One-man show. Stockport Municipal Art Gallery. North West England.

1991 - Yorkshire Artists Exhibition. Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK

1990 - The Art Materials Exhibition. Business Design Centre, Upper Street, London, UK

1990 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition, Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK

1990 - Art Aid for Poland Exhibition. The Studio, Cuddington, Cheshire UK

1990 - One-Man Show, Hale Art Gallery, Ashley Road, Hale, Cheshire UK

1989 - Christmas Exhibition, 'Handmade' Great Eccleston, Lancashire, UK

1989 - One-man Show. Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington, Cheshire

1989 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition. Kings Hall & Winter Gardens, Ilkley, Yorkshire, UK

 1989 - One-Man Show, Handmade Art Gallery, The Square, Great Eccleston, Lancashire UK

1989 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

 1988 - Natural History Illustrators Exhibition. Burnley Borough Council, Art
Galleries and Leisure Services Dept. UK

1988 - One-man Show. Martin Mere Wildfowl Trust, Burscough, Lancashire UK

1988 - S.W.A.  annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1988 - Ran Art Workshops for Young People. The Town Hall, Sale, Cheshire UK

1988 - One-man Show. The Town Hall, Sale, Cheshire UK

1987 - S.W.A.  Annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

1987 - British Watercolour Society Christmas Exhibition. Winter Gardens, Ilkley UK

1986 Yorkshire Artists Spring Exhibition. The Kings Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire UK

1986 - One-man Show. Warrington Museum and Art Gallery Warrington, Cheshire UK

1985 - Exhibition. Wigan Insect Show. Wigan, Lancashire UK

1985 - Wildlife Art Exhibition (Society of Wildlife Artists) Martin mere Wildfowl Trust, Lancashire UK

1985 - Calendar commissioned by Royle Publications on behalf of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

1985 - One-Man Show. The Wild Fowl Trust, Martin Mere, Lancashire UK

1985 - Yorkshire Artists Exhibition. The Kings Hall, Ilkley, Yorkshire UK

1985 - Exhibition. Gallery 46, Highworth, Wiltshire UK

1984 - First calendar commissioned by Royle Publications on behalf of the World Wide Fund for Nature

1984 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1984 - British Watercolour Society annual exhibition. Winter Gardens, Ilkley UK.
1984 - Runner-up in BBC Wildlife Magazine’s Wildlife Artist of the Year Competition

1983 - Four paintings commission by Scholastic Publications, Leamington Spa UK

1983 - One-Man show. Warrington Museum & Art Gallery, Warrington Cheshire, UK

1981 - 'Images' Exhibition, The Association of Illustrators, Covent Garden London

1981 - 'Wildlife Illustrated' Lancashire Trust for Nature Conservation Art Exhibition, The Vernon Gallery, Preston, Lancashire, UK

1980 - North Cheshire Art Exhibition. Warrington Museum & Art Gallery

1979 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1977 - Elected President of the Manchester Entomological Society

1976 - North West Artists Exhibition. Manchester Evening News Display Centre, Manchester, UK

1975 - Wildlife Art Exhibition. Skipworth Gallery, Winchester UK

1975 - Society of Wildlife Artists  annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1974 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London

1973 - Society of Wildlife Artists annual exhibition. Mall Galleries, London
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1973 - First One-man show. Manchester Library Theatre Gallery

1973 - Graduated from Northwich College of Art and Design

About Chris

Award winning artist and wildlife illustrator Chris Shields graduated from Northwich College of Art and Design in the UK in 1973.

In 1983 after a short career in the commercial art world he followed his passion for wildlife and became a full-time self-employed wildlife artist and illustrator.

Chris is now regarded as one of the worlds leading natural history illustrators has produced to date in excess of thirty thousand wildlife illustrations in over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, posters and jigsaw puzzles. He has exhibited his paintings widely in the UK and China and has paintings in public and private collections all over the world.

As a wildlife artist and keen naturalist Chris has a particular interest in moths and butterflies and always include one in each of my paintings, although they are sometimes very hard to find!