About me

I 've enjoyed  a great life and career as an artist and illustrator of the world of nature. Being out in the landscape with pencil, sketchbook and paints recording the power  of wild nature is a joy. Boxing hares in our fields in Suffolk, for instance,  never fail to thrill me. I have been lucky to have travelled widely.  I've seen Toucans in  the Costa Rican rain forest, Tiger on their reserves in India , the vast  migrations of Godwits in  New Zealand and the Wildebeest in Kenya. 

I make lightning notes in the field and  take them back to the studio to explore these  in a variety of styles.  I  use watercolour, oils and printmaking. Sometimes, if the mood takes me,  I model in clay, to be cast  into bronze.  My style can vary from small sketches which capture the essence of a Goldfinch  to bigger watercolours and  larger oil paintings. of classic  species such as  Red Deer, the  Peregrine Falcon, the  delightful Puffin and the elegant Barn Owl. In my compositions, I  try  to  capture  their movement , their changing colours, the light, weather and the  landscape that the animals inhabit.

I have had numerous exhibitions in Britain and abroad and  have  written and illustrated  many books and magazines on art, drawing wildlife and the countryside. I have  participated in world wide art and  conservation  projects, including the Briebza marshes in Poland, Texel in the Netherlands and Extremadura in Spain with the  Artists for Nature Foundation. My work for them is included in  major books and publications. Recently I was invited to visit  the fascinating dry forest of Dakatcha along the Kenyan coast to learn more about the  need for its preservation.

Its a  privilege to be an elected member of the Society of Wildlife Artists.

Living and working  in glorious Suffolk for thirty years  has been a major influence  on my art. The  birds, animals, rural spaces  and wide estuaries  are a never ending source of inspiration.