Print Normal David Dancey-Wood is one of the leading pencil artists in the United Kingdom, specialising mainly in wildlife subject matter. He was born in Bristol and studied at the Bournemouth and Poole Faculty of Art and Design for four years before launching into a career to develop his own unique artistic talents, alongside raising awareness of conservation issues around the planet. His interest in conservation has taken him to many parts of the world where not only has he been able to see first hand the plight of many endangered creatures, but he has also captured them on paper with his pencil studies. He has supported through his work several conservation projects and other charities, including the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Foundation. He also works closely with Alison Cronin of the internationally renowned Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre as their art consultant and artist in residence. He started his career as an illustrator and was commissioned by a number of internationally renowned companies, including Time/Life, The Disney Corporation, Microsoft Encarta and the Eastern and Orient Express. His illustrations have been used by a wide variety of clients from top film studios to books and magazines. His work has been exhibited at galleries throughout the United Kingdom and there is now a waiting list for his original drawings. In 2007 ‘Pencils Patience and Primates’ was published, an autobiographical account of David’s life as an artist, it also included a huge collection of his pencil work from his career as a wildlife artist.