About the artist

Oxfordshire-based landscape artist, illustrator, and novelist.

My two main inspirations are the work of Edward Ardizzoni and Rex Whistler, and my style is somewhere between the two.

As a published author, books are my passion, and I am currently working on a project to draw my favourite, and recommended bookshops with the intention of putting together an illustrated guide. I also take commissions to draw homes and businesses, or to illustrate scenes from novels.

My work is currently stocked in shops, both locally and nationally at:

• Blackwell’s Bookshop, Oxford
• Books and Ink, Winchcombe
• Rectory Farm PYO Farm Shop, Oxfordshire
• The Book House, Thame, Oxfordshire
• The Madhatter Bookshop, Burford
• High Street Books and Records, New Mills, High Peak
• The Stripey Badger Bookshop, Grassington, Yorkshire
• Addyman's Books, Hay-on-Wye
• Reading Matters, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak
• Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hay-on-Wye
• Barnabees Books, Westleton, Suffolk
• Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere, Cumbria

If you wish to inquire about original pieces, prints, or have any questions at all, please contact me via

thomas@shepline.com