WILDLIFE ART : WILDLIFE FILM : NATURAL HISTORY
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Hello and Wecome to my site,
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.
This is why I paint, write and photograph.
