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**__NIGEL HEMMING __**
I have decided to dedicate my page to Nigel Hemming. Nigel Hemming is an artist who paints pictures of animals, his most famous is paintings of dogs. He was born in England in 1957 in Staffordshire. Even though he is now most famous for dog paintings. When he first started he concentrated on bird paintings the most because he thought that birds were the most interesting animal and more people would be interested in birds. Nigel uses watercolor, acrilyc, pastel and oil paints to create his artwork. Nigel Hemming calls himself a "wildlife artist" He has been named one of the UK's most famous canine artist.

The connection between man and dog has created never endings ideas for his paintings. Living with his own dogs made Nigel a keen observer of canine behaviour and his images reflect this deep understanding of his subject.  In 1996 he won the Fine Art Trade Guides, Published Artist of the Year award. Nigel has been painting animal artwork from 1977 to 2007, he has been painting before this time but in 1977 he sold his first painting. Nigel Hemming has also been painting Special Edition artwork since the mid 1980’s.

His work is collected throughout the U.K., Europe, and the U.S.A.

In 1986 he had his first work published by Washington Green, a set of four gun dogs, which proved very popular worldwide. This lead to more prints and a progression into high quality limited editions.

Nigel Hemming uses Line Texture and Colour in his artwork to make them show details.

For more information please visit Nigel's website [|www.nigelhemmingeditions.com/]