Artistic interests of Mike Shepley come from his father, Clifford Shepley, who founded the Department of Medical Illustration at Edinburgh University in 1935.

A watercolour donated to the Atlantic Salmon Foundation fetched £1,800.00 at auction at The Portland Gallery in 2006. In 2009, Mike returns to Scotland to concentrate on his painting.

Mike has spent much of the last 25 years in the Middle East, based in Dubai, running his multi-media company and in November 2007, had a book of paintings publishing with his co-author and fellow artist, Peter Lawrence.

Al Khaleej and Beyond (Al Khaleej is the Arabian Gulf) covers travels throughout the Arabian Gulf and beyond to Yemen, Jordan, Egypt and Turkey.

In 2008, Mike returns to Scotland to concentrate on his painting. A watercolour donated to the Atlantic Salmon Foundation fetched £1,800.00 at auction at The Portland Gallery in 2006.

Awards:
Andrew Grant Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art 1966
Dubai International Art Centre Gold Medal, Members Annual Exhibition 2000
Dubai International Watercolour Challenge 2006
Judges Choice Award, DIAC Members Annual Exhibition 2006

As well as a passion for wildlife, fish and angling, cooking, coastal landscapes and cityscapes offer Mike unlimited scope in his paintings.

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