Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Keith Shackleton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British painter Keith Shackleton.
Last updated on September 30, 2024.
Keith Shackleton

Keith Hope Shackleton MBE, born in Weybridge, Surrey, was a British painter who concentrated on landscape views and animals. He has also produced limited edition prints. He was a friend of the conservationist and fellow painter Peter Scott, with whom he travelled to Antarctica. Like Scott, he went to Oundle School. He was also a presenter on the BBC children's television programme Animal Magic and of the Children's ITV series Animals in Action, produced by Anglia Television using footage from its Survival series.

Keep a record of every picture you paint, have them photographed and write down where they went. Some day, when one reaches a great age, there will be calls for a Retrospective Exhibition of a life's work.
A good landscape painting is not just a demonstration of competent application of paint. It must offer a feeling of homage to the subject. — © Keith Shackleton
A good landscape painting is not just a demonstration of competent application of paint. It must offer a feeling of homage to the subject.
I would warn very sincerely against the pitfalls of copying photographs. A frozen, split-second bears little relationship to the continuing process of living reality. It is better to look, look again, and keep on looking.
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