Working primarily with acrylics I have pioneered my own style of mixed media pieces, both abstracts and landscapes. Using a unique method of printing from hand-cut stencils combined with painting my work can take many moods from vivid and exciting through to dreamy and relaxed.

Growing up in rural coastal Kenya, East Africa there were few material possessions so utensils and tools were made by hand from natural materials, and I continue this practice today keeping the creative process deliberately low-tech with hand made tools and wide use of recycled materials. My artistic appetite arose from the unique diversity of East African cultures encountered in my youth whist forging a working farm from virgin forest. Close encounters with a wide variety of truly wild animals enhanced my developing creativity and developed a deep connection with the land, nature and peoples. Seeing species of both plants and animals disappear from my district of Kenya within my own lifetime only serves to highlight my concerns for the future.

I am interested in exploring the conflicting relationship between nature and humankind. Fascinated by the concept of Gaia I seek to raise issues of environment, values, society, and politics in vibrantly coloured acrylics. I believe everyone only sees a small part of the richness of life and need to open their minds to new ideas. The symbolic significance of the details in my paintings invites careful study as the apparent chaos both conceals and reveals images. This unique style, developed from the richness of my Kenyan origins tempered by the realities of the modern age, is shown clearly in recent work which focuses on endangered species from around the world and human responsibility for their peril.

Your appreciation of Nature is evident and is shown in the respect for the animals in your paintings. Your technique of reproducing and duplicating the images, and overlapping them to give birth to other forms creating works which are very colorful and original, optimistic and teeming with life. Your vision is clear.