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Shepherd Nhariwa Abstract Art' was founded from a love of abstract art, leading to an exploration of inspiration and influence from Art Modernism. Shepherd Nhariwa Abstract Art was established by Artist & Design Director, Shepherd Nhariwa, who has broad experience in Art & Design (having studied Art & Design previously), including  Commercial Art, which includes branding through his web designing and E-Marketing work, where he has helped others to create brand logos and build  content and design themes for their sites.   (www.shepherddesign-ology.weebly.com). Shepherd also has  broad experience as an English, Literature & Art Teacher, as an Entreprenuer, aspiring to be a Philantropist.  He has also worked as a Consultant in Business Development & Strategy. He also has experience working in Mental Health Services, as a qualified specialist Mental Health Practitioner within CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services), as a CPN in CMHT, NHS Services across England & North Wales and in Early Intervention Psychosis Services for adults and young people. He has previously worked as a Clinical Lead  for several reputable Mental Healthcare companies in England, in a capacity as a Hospital Manager and eventually established himself as a Service Development & Training Consultant for various Private Mental Health Services and The NHS, in England, leading to establishing  Mental Health Consultancy Services, SFDNE (Service For Delivering New Ethos)(http://sfdne.weebly.com/) and Psychther(https://snhariwa.wixsite.com/psychther), both of which involve work with various Mental Healthcare professionals, such as Art Therapists, Psychologists, and also the use of artistic skills in various ways. He has also created his own apparel brands, SNaaology( http://snaaology.weebly.com/) & Shepherd Nhariwa Adventure Apparel (SNaa)(http://snaa2012.weebly.com/). Both brands were inspired by the love for art. Last but not least, Shepherd simply continues to be an Abstract Artist. Through  his passion for art, and eye-catching abstract images, he developed his focus on 'Abstract Art' as one of his interests, particularly in relation to painting. He creates various forms of abstract art, mainly canvas paintings painted using mostly acrylic  paints, with a wealth of colours to bring out the abstract themes.

A variety of designs and themes of 'abstract art' are created by Shepherd Nhariwa Abstract Art, providing a unique variety of original paintings. The paintings are of various sizes, suitable for display in homes, offices, reception areas, boardrooms, restaurants, hospitals, hotels, schools, colleges, universities, community centres, show homes, etc.     
This site aims to promote, market and offer abstract art to those with a keen interest in 'abstract art' , updating them about upcoming events and exhibitions at various galleries ( including virtual galleries).  It also aims to offer services through art courses for aspiring artists. All in all, Art is a big part of Shepherd's life as he continues to develop broader ways of reaching out to the world with a view to enhancing creativity and hopefully to also inspire.                                                                                   

WHAT IS ABSTRACT ART?        
                                                                The definition of 'Abstract Art,' from Wikipedia's Encyclopaedia, is as follows:

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, colour and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. 

The arts of cultures other than the European had become accessible and showed alternative ways of describing visual experience to the artist. By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a new kind of art which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy. The sources from which individual artists drew their theoretical arguments were diverse, and reflected the social and intellectual preoccupations in all areas of Western culture at that time.

Abstract art, nonfigurative art, nonobjective art, and nonrepresentational art are loosely related terms. They are similar, although perhaps not of identical meaning.
Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in depiction of imagery in art. This departure from accurate representation can be only slight, or it can be partial, or it can be complete. Abstraction exists along a continuum. Even art that aims for verisimilitude of the highest degree can be said to be abstract, at least theoretically, since perfect representation is likely to be exceedingly elusive. 

Artwork which takes liberties, altering for instance color and form in ways that are conspicuous, can be said to be partially abstract. Total abstraction bears no trace of any reference to anything recognizable. In geometric abstraction, for instance, one is unlikely to find references to naturalistic entities. Figurative art and total abstraction are almost mutually exclusive. But figurative and representational (or realistic) art often contains partial abstraction.

Both geometric abstraction and lyrical abstraction are often totally abstract. Among the very numerous art movements that embody partial abstraction would be for instance fauvism in which color is conspicuously and deliberately altered vis-a-vis reality, and cubism, which blatantly alters the forms of the real life entities depicted.

The work is all authentic abstract art which is unique in it's own style and presentation.