A sixth generation New Zealander, I was born in Hastings in 1949 and lived in Warkworth before immigrating with my family to the U.S.  My childhood in New Zealand has a major influence on my work and choice of subject matter.

My paintings have been exhibited at the Natural History Museum in New York and have toured Japan and Sweden with Birds in Art exhibitions.  I am a member of the Society of Animal Artists.  I was selected by the New Zealand Government to design the first three stamps for the Game Bird Habitat Stamp Program, based on the U.S. Federal Duck Stamp Program.  In 1999, I was invited to participate in the first Eco-art conference and exhibition in Taiwan, where my work was exhibited at the National Museum of History in Taipei.

In 2003, I was selected as a judge for the prestigious Federal Duck Stamp Contest held by the Department of Interior’s Fish & Wildlife Service.

I am author of a North Light book, ‘Painting the Things You Love in Watercolor” and was featured on the PBS series ‘The Artist’s Workshop’.  I teach two painting workshops a year in the U.S. and Europe.  My work is in the permanent collection of The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin and The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona. 

Some Current & Past Exhibitions

Two person exhibition, Art et Vie Sauvage Gallery, Paris, France, 1999

Birds in Art, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum,1989-1991, 1993-1997,2000-2008

Society of Animal Artists Annual Exhibit, 1993, 1996, 1998,1999, 2003, 2005, 2007

Eco-art Exhibition, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan  1999

American Artists Abroad, Bennington Center for the Arts, 2005,  2006

Art of the Animal Kingdom, Bennington Center for the Arts  1998, 2002, 2005

“Capturing the Wild” Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport 2003  

“Imagine That!”  Ironwood Gallery, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Az.  2004   

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