Date: 1994
Size: 12in x 16in
Material: Oil on paper

The naturally marked, wild caught individuals portrayed in this painting are something of a rarity these days for hobbyists. Leopard geckos are no longer imported for the pet trade from their range in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Their bright colours and docile nature have helped them become one of the most popular lizard pets and they are now available in a variety of "designer" colour morphs.

Date: 1997
Size: 18in x 24in
Material: Oil on canvas

This is probably the first Gila Monster that I painted. From this image I made a T-shirt design, using two of the full Gila images to form a circle, with a small, fat cactus in the center. This design is long out of print but was one of the three favorite T-shirt images of a friend of mine. This is also the design I used for the mosaic that is on the walk outside the Chiricahua Desert Museum in Rodeo, New Mexico.

Date: 2000
Size: 10in x 15in
Material: Oil on paper

The Tuatara, although very lizard-like, is actually a surviving member of the ancient order Rhynchocephalia. I based my painting on specimens that I saw and photographed on my first trip to New Zealand, where they are endemic.

Date: 2001
Size: 23.5in x 19.5in
Material: Oil on canvas

I was asked to spend a week as "Artist in Residence" at the Nature in Art Museum in the UK. Colourful Leopard Geckos were the obvious choice as subjects to paint. With their attractive colours and quiet disposition. they were the perfect first reptile encounter for many of the visiting public and parties of school children.

Date: 2002
Size: 20in x 30in
Material: Oil on canvas

Lace Monitor (Varanus varius). Specimens of the “Bell” form of the Australian Lace Monitor are individually marked. This specimen was owned by the late Steve Irwin (the Croc Hunter) who named him “Smiley” after the smiley face-like markings on the back of the lizard’s head and neck. I’ll always be grateful for the generosity shown by Steve and the staff at Australia Zoo for allowing me access to their fantastic collection of animals.

Date: 2005
Size: 20inx30in
Material: Oil on canvas

The Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) is popular amongst reptile keepers and has been very successfully bred in captivity. It is also known as the Yemen Chameleon, where it is native of mountainous regions.

Date: 2005
Size: 30in x 24in
Material: Oil on canvas

This image shows all the subspecies of the genus in order of their range from Nevada in the north to Guatemala in the south. It was also used to produce a limited edition, swag magnet for the Biology of Lizards Conference at the Chiricahua Desert Museum, New Mexico, in July 2024.

Date: 2006.
Size: 18in x 24in
Material: Oil on canvas

This painting, commissioned by Steve Angeli, depicts a beaded lizard sitting on an ancient tree stump. I came across the stump while hiking in the deserts of Arizona. As soon as I saw it, I knew that it would make the perfect background for a painting of a gila monster or beaded lizard in search of a bird nest full of eggs or chicks.

Date: 2006
Size: 24in x 33in
Material: Oil on canvas

Each of the main islands in the Canaries has a “giant” species of Gallot’s Lizard (Gallotia galloti). The largest is found on Gran Canaria. I positioned the various species within the painting according to the position of the islands on which they are found.

Date: 2006
Size: 20in x 16in
Material: Oil on canvas

“Slash” was the first Komodo Dragon to be bred in Europe, as part of Jim Pether’s breeding project, in the Canary Islands. He looked so good, I just had to paint him. Once hatched, juvenile Komodo Dragons live a mostly arboreal life until large enough to avoid predation by the adults. The small Draco lizard, also depicted, would be a welcome prey item for a young Dragon, during this period.

Date: 2007
Size: 20in x 16in
Material: Oil on canvas

I had to give this marvelous little gecko a reason for pumping himself up on tip toes, in an attempt to look bigger than he was, so I included a Bredl's Python on the hunt for prey. They are both found among the red rock outcrops of Central Australia.

Date: 2007
Size: 31.5in x 47in
Material: Oil on canvas

This scene depicts an alpha-male iguana with his harem of females, some satellite-males and a “sneaker” male, all sharing the rocks with Sally Lightfoot crabs. It brings back fond memories of my trip to the Galapagos Islands.

Date: 2008

I love the way chameleons look so vulnerable and out of their comfort zone when they need to leave the camouflaged safety of their arboreal habitat. The “Crown of Thorns” plant in the background is also a native of Madagascar.

Date: 2008
Size: 20in x 16in
Material: Oil on canvas

This is a truly stunning, arboreal, monitor lizard from New Guinea and the tropical forests of northern Australia. Depicted with it is a Birdwing Butterfly, one of the world’s largest butterflies.

Date: 2008
Size: 22in x 31.5in
Material: Oil on canvas

I came across the fallen gum tree depicted in this painting while hiking in Wilpena Pound, an ancient volcano in South Australia. There were plenty of Bearded Dragons in the area and it was an obvious choice for this composition.

Date: 2009
Size: 48in x 96in
Material: Broken pieces of floor tiles

The image is an actual painting of the completed mosaic. My signature (bottom right hand corner) was incorporated into the mosaic. The painting was also used for a T-shirt design.

Date: 2009
Size: 16in x 20in
Material: Alkyd oils on canvas

This beautiful monitor, the Perentie Monitor (Varanus giganteus), is the largest of the Australian goannas and grow to 8ft in length. It is the fourth largest lizard in the world.

Date: 2011
Size: 16in x 20in
Material: Alkyd oils on acrylic white background, fine linen canvas

Illustration provided for the Rattlesnakes of Arizona.

Date: 2013
Size: 39.5in x 63.5in
Material: Oil on canvas

This was the first painting that I completed after my visit to the wonderful Galapagos Islands. It was an awesome experience and I could easily spend the rest of my life painting the amazing wildlife in these islands. The painting depicts land iguanas on their South Plaza Island home. Also depicted is a specimen of the Galapagos Lava Lizard (Microlophus albemariensis) among the giant prickly pear cacti and the colorful carpetweed.

Date: 2014
Size: 12in x 10in
Material: Oil on canvas

Green Alligator Lizards (Abronia graminea) are found in several unique habitats, but they primarily inhabit cloud forests at high elevations in Central America, mainly in Mexico and Guatemala. My painting was used as the 2014 T-shirt design for the North American Reptile Breeders Conference.

Date: 2014
Size: 16in x 20in
Material: Oil on canvas

I’m proud to have played an active part in the study of this beautiful lizard, the Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis), and the conservation effort many years ago that led to its legal protection. It seemed right to depict the species among the equally beautiful heathland plants with which they are closely associated. These plants are found over most of the sand lizards’ British range.

Date: 2015
Size: 12in x 16in
Material: Oil on canvas

There are many distinct variations in the colour of Common Chuckwallas (Sauromalus ater) throughout their range. In the Phoenix area of Arizona, they are often referred to as the “Carrot-tailed Chuckwalla.”

Date: 2015
Size: 20in x 30in
Material: Oil on canvas

Of the four subspecies of this short-tailed, slow-moving, blue-tongued Australian skink, Tiliqua rugosa aspera is the only one native to eastern Australia. I caught my first specimen of this beautiful lizard over forty years ago, and it has remained one of my favourite lizards ever since. The red flowering shrub depicted in the painting is the Callistemon or Bottlebrush.

Date: 2017
Size: 12in x 16in
Material: Oil on canvas

The Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) is also known as the “horned toad” because of its rounded body. This lizard ranges from Colorado and Kansas to northern Mexico and from Arizona to Texas. They will eat termites, beetles, and grasshoppers but their main diet is Harvester Ants.

Date: 2019

I completed this painting of Granite Night Lizards (Xantusia henshawi) during my period of rehabilitation after breaking my neck in 2018. It has been used as the cover illuastration for the 2019 book, Night Lizards: Field Memoirs and a Summary of the Xantusiidae by Robert L. Bezy.