Terms and Conditions

About this website

The website showcases the wildlife illustration, artwork, projects, news and related creative work of Chris Shields. It is provided for information, portfolio and contact purposes only. No purchases, bookings or payments are made through this website.

By using this website, you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use the website.

Artwork, images and intellectual property

Unless stated otherwise, all artwork, illustrations, images, photographs, text, logos, graphics and other materials on this website are owned by or licensed to Chris Shields.

You must not copy, download, reproduce, edit, crop, trace, sell, licence, publish, distribute, upload, scrape, use in AI datasets or otherwise exploit any artwork, images or website content without prior written permission from Chris Shields.

Unauthorised use of any artwork, images or content may infringe copyright, moral rights, trade marks or other intellectual property rights.

Contact form and communications

The website includes an enquiry form to enable enquiries to be sent to Chris Shields. If you choose to use the enquiry form, the information provided, such as your name, email address, message and any other details included in the form will be used only to respond to your enquiry.

Please do not send confidential, sensitive or unnecessary personal information through the enquiry form.

For more information about how personal information is handled, please see the Privacy Policy.

Cookies and lightbox functionality

This website uses one operational cookie to support the website’s lightbox functionality. This allows visitors to collect and store illustrations which may be of interest.

This operational cookie does not store personal information, does not identify visitors, and is not used for advertising, analytics or tracking.

Because this cookie is used only to provide a feature of the website and is necessary for that feature to work, it is treated as an operational or strictly necessary cookie. You can still control or block cookies through your browser settings, but doing so may affect how the lightbox works.

For more information, please see the Cookie Policy.

External website links

This website contains links to external websites, platforms or services, such as social media profiles, galleries, publications, shops or external articles.

These links are provided for convenience and information only. Chris Shields does not control third-party websites and is not responsible for their content, availability, accuracy, privacy practices or terms of use.

Following any third-party link is at your own discretion.

Availability and security

The aim is to keep this website available and working properly, but there is no guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure or free from bugs, viruses or other harmful material.

You are responsible for using suitable security software and precautions when accessing websites and downloading or viewing online content.

Liability

These Terms and Conditions do not exclude or limits liability where it would be unlawful to do so.

Contact us

If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions please contact Chris Shields via the enquiry form.