Born and raised just outside West Calder I was always fascinated by the flora and fauna of the surrounding countryside and farmland. This love of wildlife has always stayed with me and now forms the basis of almost all my artwork. When studying at art college I chose to specialise in illustration and initially after graduating did some freelance illustration work.

This included work for the Sunday Herald after winning their Political Portraits competition with a portrait of the first minister Alex Salmond. I continue to do illustration work however what I really love is the freedom that comes with doing my own fine artwork. I find constant inspiration in nature and love nothing more than playing with various media to try and capture just a fraction of the beauty of my subjects.

I work with a wide range of materials including favourites such as watercolour, pencil and pen and ink but also more occasionally monoprint, oilbar and collage. I do not attempt to document the birds and animals in exact realism, but more to just express some of the qualities and energy of the amazing natural world around us.