ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2022 Submission

Seeing wildlife in their natural habitat makes me fall more in love with the continents that support them and appreciate the symbiotic relationships of everything. It takes me back to my spiritual belief that we are all one.

Connecting with nature is profoundly moving; like visiting a part of my soul I didn’t know was there. The landscape, the people, the animals, the culture and the history, everything is so far removed from my everyday life. Africa makes me feel the rawness of life – it is so alive.

I like to remove my animals from their familiar environment so that the viewer can relate to them directly without any preconceptions that a background might express. My hope is that my paintings are a reminder of nature’s endless diversity and our interconnection with all creatures, big and small. As such, my wish is that my paintings are a reminder of our responsibility to protect these beautiful creatures so generations forward can appreciate them as much as I do.