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About the Artist...


Art has always been a passion, along with animals, wildlife, nature and travel. Life’s many twists and turns lead me away from a dream of going to art college, and I opted to travel instead, working mainly in administration and graphics over the years, whilst enjoying many creative hobbies such as pottery and mosaics. A passion for art, particularly wildlife art, was reignited when in 2009 I sketched a giraffe in graphite ("Tall Blonde"), an artwork which will always remain on my own wall! It wasn’t long before I realised that traditional art is simply what I love to do... finally finding a niche as an ‘artist’!











I love to travel and aged 21, I left the shores for the obligatory Kiwi O.E. (overseas experience). Mostly based in the UK, I was lucky to spend most my time living and working in the beautiful Highlands of Scotland, and also Switzerland and Japan for winter ski seasons. Africa beckoned strongly, and I took an overland safari from Nairobi, Kenya to Capetown in South Africa. Seeing the African wildlife in person is something very special to experience. After returning to New Zealand it was discovered the safari truck on which I travelled on in Africa, was part of an arms-smuggling operation for the ANC. The safari company was specifically set up as a front to smuggle arms into South Africa - the passengers literally sitting on a tonne of arms for each of the 40 trips made into the troubled country. The details were revealed in 2001 in a South African television documentary called "The Secret Safari".


A trip to Dubai and India in 2007 was a little less dramatic, but no less exciting! A highlight of the trip being on my absolute last day in India, getting in the river and helping to scrub elephants with a coconut shell, it was such a magical experience! Here is a YouTube video I uploaded "elephant washing experience"

Having returned to my hometown of Marlborough, New Zealand, I happily paint from a beachside studio at Rarangi. Mainly working in pastel, graphite & acrylics, subjects include mostly animals (pet portraits & wildlife), whilst also enjoying portraits and occasional landscapes. I am constantly inspired by many talented artists and friends from around the globe. Rarely apart from my camera, I value photography as both a tool for my art and an art form in it’s own right.

It's fantastic to see the endless passion and efforts for animal conservation - the dwindling species through ongoing poaching and man encroaching into these animals' territories is incredibly sad and barbaric. I just hope that through my artwork, I can give something back to help the tireless campaigners and conservationists (see my donations page).