Below you will find some more information about me and my work.

Art & Design Foundation Course
BA with Honours Art & Design - Scientific & Natural History Illustration 2/1 Hons Degree

Skills: The courses above have helped develop and improve my design and observation abilities, enabling me to produce creative, and informative compositions. I am able to support the production of artwork with my own reference as part of my qualification included training in photography.

Experience: Working with Jonathan Rook from English Nature whilst at Blackpool gave me a good insight into the working world. For this project I designed and illustrated an A2 sign for the Sandy Beck Hay Meadow, an SSSI reserve in Cumbria. This study heightened my enthusiasm for referencing, and illustrating rare ecosystems. Today the passion for recording and painting natural history subjects is still present in my work.
Over the years, I have produced work for various galleries and exhibitions in England and Scotland. I frequently exhibit up and down the Royal Deeside area, which is where I now live. Pencil, watercolour and gouache are my preferred media, since they enable me to produce the fine detail which is a characteristic in my work.

Interests: I enjoy badminton, walking, cycling, swimming and snowboarding. These get me out and about where I often discover further reference, which contributes to my artwork. Recently I have also taken up munro walking (peaks over 3000ft). This has given me a great inspiration and a sense of achievment. I have done nearly forty so far, so there is only another 240 odd to go!
Photography has become a big hobby for me over the past few years, and so I try to keep the camera with me at all times. I enjoy photographing birds and I am a member of the RSPB and the WWF.