Artist's Statement:  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. I have lived in Oak Creek Canyon, a few miles north of Sedona, for thirty years. 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.

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