+ 'The Dipper' dips in to Wildlife Gallery (30/01/2012 - 17:06:46)
+ Rare visitor to British Isles flies in to Wildlife (23/01/2012 - 14:28:07)
+ Two new paintings added, Wildlife Gallery and Land (09/01/2012 - 11:03:51)



The painting is a snowscape and depicts the Swan Hotel an old coaching inn situated in
the village of Woore on the Shropshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire
borders, where the artist Derek Shapiro lives. It was a main route for
coaches traveling on an old Roman road (London Road) from the City of
Chester to the City of London.
View the painting, an oil on canvas 'The Snowball Fight'
Staffordshire Life features writer KAREN COX speaks to artist Derek Shapiro about his work, including a painting in the prestigious Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition in London.
Press Release
Local artist Derek Shapiro to exhibit in leading national marine art exhibition in central London
A local artist has been selected from hundreds of entries to exhibit alongside Britain's leading marine artists. The Royal Society of Marine Artists annual exhibition will be on display at the Mall Galleries near Trafalgar Square on 13th to 23rd October 2011.
This annual exhibition, led by the Royal Society of Marine Artists, has come to be recognised as the most prestigious and varied exhibition of marine art in the UK. Work covers a range of subject matter, including battleships, coastal landscapes and rural fishing boats. The exhibition will be opened by Pen Hadow, the first person to walk solo and unsupported to the North Geographic Pole and CEO of Geo Mission.
'Sunday Afternoon' Oil on panel. Cottage Collection
Private showing, to be opened by The Lord Lieuftenant of Staffordshire James Hawley
Paintings on show will be a collection of South African wild life paintings, the Big Five, Elephant, Leopard, Lion, Rhino and Buffalo along with landscapes, still life, portrait work and some retrospective.
A collection of paintings of the Big Five, Elephant, Lion, Leopard, Cape Buffallo and Black Rhino. On show in the reading room of the Embassy. Ten picture's in all, five large oil on canvas paintings of each subject in natural surroundings, accompanied by five head studies of each animal.
Resident artist Derek Shapiro opens exciting new Fine Art Gallery at Slater's Craft Village, Maer, Newcastle in the Staffordshire countryside. At the gallery you can view a fine collection of Still-Life, Landscape, Animal and Marritime top quality paintings.
As well as paintings you will find a range of Derek's Signed Limited Edition Prints along with a selection of Greeting Cards.