Kathleen Sheard is an internationally recognized wildlife artist/sea turtle conservationist who creates realistic wildlife paintings and sculptures in glass.
Kathleen is a member of the Society of Animal Artists and Artists for Conservation. In 2017 she received the Environmental Statement Award in sculpture from the Artists for Conservation for her artwork – “You’re Killing Me: Oceanic Assassins – Propellers and Plastic”. In July 2017, Kathleen, along with a team of six artists and an engineer, finished her sculpture called “The Cycle of Life : Sea Turtle Glass Sculpture – Environmental Art Education Project”. It has over 65 kiln-formed and cast glass parts and includes a sea turtle nest, sea turtle hatchlings, a mother sea turtle, an encroaching oil spill, plastic marine debris and a 4-wheeler track at the edge of the nest.
A wilderness advocate and artist with an ocean soul, her kiln-formed and kiln cast glass relate to her experiences with wildlife throughout the world. She volunteers for sea turtle patrols and speaks on sea turtle conservation to promote practices that will help save the seven species. A percentage of sales of her artwork is donated to support wildlife conservation organizations.
In 2019 and 2023 she worked at Ecology Project International’s, Pacuare Nature Reserve in Costa Rica, as a Leatherback sea turtle volunteer.” September 2025, she was a participant in Turtle Survival Alliance’s third annual Turtle Course in South Carolina.
“I look forward to more in-depth studies on multiple species of turtles and other threatened and endangered species in different areas around the world. The field science and my conservation art are intertwined within me as one”.
Amazing Grace. I am blessed.
Forever glass, forever wildlife, forever conservation.
Kathleen Sheard August 2025