Artist's Drawing and Inspiration

A Natural History Artist

I was born in 1963. I can’t remember when I started to paint, I only remember that it seemed ingrained in me, that it was something I was compelled to do but also that I loved it - it felt natural. It became part of who I was and who I am, and as both a child and adult it was something people remembered about me.

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