Biography


Education

MA - The Royal College of Art (Communication Art & Design Course) 2000 - 2002
Specialism: Natural History Illustration and Ecological Studies

HND - The Arts Institute at Bournemouth 1998 - 2000
Specialism: Natural History Illustration



Group Exhibitions

2016 Inspired by Nature Exhibition - Hengistbury Head Visitor's Centre

2011 Jane Goodall Day - Celebration of 50 years of Chimpanzee research

2010 Lewis Manning Art Exhibition - Hallmark Hotel, Bournemouth

2009 EnviroArt Exhibition at Mottisfont Abbey (The National Trust & A’Rocha)

2009 Purbeck Art Week - ‘Dorset Perspective’ - The Mulberry-Tree Gallery 

2008 Dorset Arts Week - Poole Printmakers, Poole 

2006 Dorset Arts Week - The Royal Arcade, Boscombe

2003 KPMG, London - ‘Heart of the City’

2003 WWT Slimbridge - ‘50 Years of Birdwatching & Preservation’

2002 Nature in Art, Gloucestershire - Joint Exhibition with Emma Bowler

2002 Medici Galleries, Bond Street, London - ‘The Animal Exhibition’

2001 The Wildfowl & Wetlands Centre, London - ‘Natural Images’

2001 ‘Studies of the Firth of Forth’ - Berwick on Tweed - organised by John Busby


Solo Exhibitions

2003 Faith House, Dorset - Paintings Inspired by the Natural World


Commissions

2016 Illustrations for Birdbook - Saltwater and Shore

2012  Illustrations for Birdbook - Freshwater Habitats Edited by Kirsten Irving & Jon Stone

2007 The Birds of Alderney by J G Sanders

2005 A Visitor’s Guide to Alderney by J G Sanders

2003 3 Nature Boards for SSSI Site, Holton Lee, Dorset

2000 Illustrations for the Parish of Ruishton, Thornfalcon & Creech St Michael

2000 Various Wildlife Illustrations for English Nature, Dorset

1999 Illustration for The National Trust, Studland Nature Reserve, Dorset

1998 Joint Mural Project for RNLI - Dorset Interactive Safety Centre - designed by Valerie Creedon


Awards

2002 KPMG Travel Bursary - Study of Alderney‘s Birdlife, The Channel Islands


Residencies

2002 Nature in Art, Gloucestershire - Artist in Residence for the Society of Wildlife ‘Art of the Nations’