Whether you've found me through my art, writing
or film making, you're here(!) and I thank you for stopping by and taking a
look.
I have three, unashamed passions in life: Art, Adventure and binding
them together; Wildlife. I have been lucky enough to have lived and travelled
through, some truly mesmerising areas of the world and this is where I take my
inspiration from. Although I have been fascinated by natural history since I
could walk, it has only in the last 10 years become apparent to me that not enough
is being done to conserve those magnificent places and wonderful animals. So,
how do I try and help? Education and inspiration. It is my wish that my
paintings bring inspiration and appreciation to the subjects I portray, but not
only that. I also feel the need to excite and educate both young and old about
the joys of natural history through my writing and amateur film making.
Some people may make the point that filming animals and painting and
writing about them, is not active conservation. Correct, it's not, until the
money made can be injected into projects. BUT there has to be that awareness
there in the first place. There needs to be that appreciation of wildlife,
gained through the descriptions of the place or the portrait of the animal, for
people to then dip into their pay-packets and change their lifestyles with the
aim to conserve the species on this planet....which I think we all have a duty
to do.