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ABOUT

I am a freelance natural history artist from the UK with a life-long interest in drawing nature and prehistoric life. Since a very young age I have been diagnosed with Aspergers gifted, an advantage as I can focus and concentrate for hours until I am satisfied with the work I have achieved. I am also a palaeobiologist in-training who is currently a master's student in paleontology at the University of Edinburgh, studying Paleocene mammals.  In my art, although the backbone of my creative drawing methods at present involves working with digital media, I am just as satisfied with, and originally started working with, traditional media (colour pencils, biro pen, watercolour and inks). In recent years, my portfolio has expanded to include many branches of scientifically inspired artwork with a wide range of vertebrate and invertebrate life ranging from the Precambrian onwards. Most of my work is inspired, informed or influenced by the expert publications of scientists around the world as well as by my love of wildlife and nature, and some experience on fossil hunts.

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I have been drawing since I can remember, and I especially enjoy working on prehistoric mammals, although my interests are by no means limited to prehistoric mammals, and I enjoy illustrating pretty much anything that takes my fancy. I have always hoped to be a scientist working in paleontology or conservation, as well as a natural history illustrator, specialising in the credible artistic reconstruction of extinct fauna (and their environments) throughout Earth's history. The subject matter of my work varies considerably and within all of my illustrations of prehistoric life, I widely read and research my subjects, often making numerous thumbnail sketches before I even start the process of commencing the final piece.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Sep 2022 - Aug 2023: MScR with Distinction in Paleontology and Geobiology, University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences


Thesis title: “The Anatomy, Palaeobiology and Phylogeny of Triisodon crassicuspis and the "Triisodontidae"”

Sep 2018 - June 2021: BSc with Honours in Paleontology, University of Portsmouth, School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences

Sep 2016 - Jun 2018: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma in Animal Management, Moulton College, Moulton, Northamptonshire

Sep 2015 - Jul 2016: Studied AS level geology, biology and geography at Sharnbrook Sixth Form, Odell, Bedfordshire before transferring to Moulton College.

Sep 2010 - May 2015: Ousedale School (Olney Campus), Olney, Buckinghamshire

Memberships

Geological Society of Glasgow (Sep 2023-)

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