Living in Africa is a joy and a privilege; one
cannot help but pick up pen, pencil and brush, endeavouring to capture the
essence of this vast continent. Conservation of the wildlife is of
paramount importance; portraying their stature and beauty in our
breathtaking environment is mandatory. Donating a percentage of profits from
the sale of my works make me feel that I am contributing to their
conservation in some small way.
Zambia is a beautiful country and extremely
wealthy in wildlife; we do have problems with poaching therefore the more we
can help by bringing attention to their plight the better we are able to
stamp out poaching.
We are very lucky to have a small cabin on the
banks of the Zambezi River bordering the
Lower Zambezi National Park and it is from here that I gather most of the
material and inspiration for my paintings and hopefully impart the vibrancy,
colors, rhythm and atmosphere that surround this abundant and very important
part of our heritage.
I do love to render backgrounds in vibrant and
rhythmic colors but feel that the wildlife deserve to be portrayed as they
are.
I was born in Yorkshire, England but have lived
most of my life in Africa, moving to Zimbabwe as a child and then on to
Zambia where I married and settled. We own a Coffee Estate but spend most
of our free time in the Lower Zambezi National Park with excursions into the
South Luangwa National Park and the Kafue National Park.
I am a self taught artist and over the years have
had several successful exhibitions, joint and solo here in Zambia. Recently
one of my paintings was selected and hung in the Mall Galleries, London for
the David Shepherd Foundation ‘Wildlife Artist of the Year 2008.
I work on commissions and have paintings in
private collections.
I also help to run an Art Group teaching
watercolour techniques and encouraging budding artists to exhibit their work.
