Wildlife Art Quotes

Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.

Have you seen the deer heads on the walls of bars, the ones wearing party hats, sunglasses and streamers? I feel sorry for them because obviously they were at a party having a good time.

When taxidermy is done well it's an amazing piece of art.

I hate it. I hate taxidermy shops and all that crap.

I became an animal painter because I loved to move among animals. I would study an animal and draw it in the position it took, and when it changed to another position I would draw that.

Leopard is an animal design, and my designs come from nature.

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.

Lions would have fared better, had lions been the artists.

David Gulden captures animals in all their wonder and intrigue, without glorifying or romanticizing them. He knows Kenya's wildlife intimately, and it shows in the depth of his images. He has an artist's eye, which delivers beauty and transport in every picture.

I mostly paint animals I'm familiar with, but I did a series of paintings of ravens, so I read everything about them.