I honour and celebrate the natural world through my paintings and drawings.

As an eco-artist, I draw and paint waterscapes of oceans, of rivers, and watersheds. Water is vital to our beings in every way. It carries us, nurtures and calms us. It fills our cells.

I work in projects, distilling plans and themes from research, spending hours walking along river and ocean edges, creating plein air work and taking photographs. Once planned, a project takes a year or more to complete and the resulting pastels, pen and ink drawings, and acrylic paintings create a rich, evocative environment when displayed.

My purpose is to learn as much as I can about our complex, beautiful ecosystems, and in creating a visual narrative, to pass that learning and, indeed, love on to others. A project is never complete unless I can also raise awareness about ecological issues and support the groups that work on them, through my art.

People often like to place themselves in my work. So, when you look at my drawings and paintings, look for a link between my narrative and your own story. You may know the locations I am painting; look for that. Also, see if you sense the pull of deep memory of place, of experience, and of feeling. And look for an easing of the heart.