Date: 1970

A watercolor sketch of Ivich, a part dog-part wolf hybrid owned by John Foden.

Date: 1971
Material: Watercolour on paper

Date: 1975
Size: 17in x 24in
Material: Watercolour on paper

For this painting I wanted to illustrate the notion of evolution by creating an imaginative and surreal depiction of change over time.

Date: 1975
Size: 16in x 12in
Material: Goache on paper

For this surrealistic depiction of a Sika Deer, I based the context for the painting on initial sketches I made in Burnham Beeches, UK.

Date: 1984
Size: 30in x 48in
Material: Oil on canvas

I love English Longhorn Cattle, but sadly, they are now considered to be a rare breed. For the background, I chose Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, a desolate but beautiful place on the North Sea coast of England.

Date: 1986
Size: 8in x 10in
Material: Egg tempera on gessoed panel

This painting was done for the bedroom of my son, Leon, when he was a baby. Leon still displays the painting over 40 years later. It depicts a surreal image of a tiger in the wild.

Date: 1987
Size: 16in x 24in
Material: Oil on canvas

For this painting, I ordered a hare from my local butcher’s shop with the instruction that I wanted it with fur on, not to be skinned. I set it up in my studio using wires to create a still-life image.

Date: 1993
Size: 20in x 30in
Material: Oil on canvas

This painting was based on sketches I made of a young monkey in a zoo. I created a model of the monkey; my wife, Eileen, made a little suit for the monkey to wear. I added the broken chain and painted the setting to enhance the overall image, as well as depict the curiosity that monkeys are known for. The painting was not a commissioned piece, just something based on an idea I had.

Date: 1994
Size: 20in x 30in
Material: Oil on canvas

This painting captures an aging Rowan at rest. Sadly, the painting was stolen, and despite the private detection work of a friend, the painting has never been recovered.

Date: 2000
Size: 24in x 20in
Material: Oil on canvas

Date: 2000
Size: 16in x 20in
Material: Oil on canvas

This image is another commissioned painting of a pet, a Yorkshire Terrier. After doing the initial composition, I decided to enhance the background by adding three more mini portraits to the painting.

Date: 2001
Size: 24in x 30in
Material: Oil on canvas

Several years ago I had the privilege of sharing the life of a Wildcat from the Scottish Highlands. It was a truly remarkable experience and one of the most rewarding relationships that I’ve experienced with any wild creature. Recent studies have shown that most of the wildcats in Scotland have some hybrid ancestry and that only about 100 pure Scottish Wildcats (Felis silvestris) remain in the most remote areas of their range.

Date: 2004
Size: 16in x 20 in
Material: Oil on canvas

This is a commissioned portrait of two Shih Tzus. I quite often did paintings of dogs and other pet animals; this is quite a normal thing for a professional artist starting out to do as a commission piece. The dogs in this image were quite cute to work with.

Date: 2012
Size: 32in x 60in
Material: Oil on canvas

The Mexican Wolf is the smallest, rarest, and most genetically distinct subspecies of the North American Grey Wolf. Conservationists have fought to return them to their former range since they were eliminated, in the wild, in the 1950s.

Date: 2013
Size: 60in x 48in
Material: Oil on canvas

Ever since the last captive specimen died, in 1935, in Hobart Zoo, there have been reports of sightings of this elusive marsupial in the remote areas of Tasmania. Extinct? Let’s hope not.

Date: 2014
Size: 63.5in x 39.5in=
Material: Oil on canvas

Named after its large, curved horns, this wild sheep is native to North America. Conservation efforts have resulted in an increase in their numbers, in recent years.

Date: 2014
Size: 39.5in x 63.5in
Material: Oil on canvas

Commissioned for the exhibition at the Wild Sheep Foundation gun show in Reno, Nevada.

Date: 2014
Size: 36in x 60in
Material: Oil on canvas

The inspiration for this painting has two main sources. Historically, until recently, a herd of bison roamed up from Mexico to graze in New Mexico. I had traveled in the area several times but had not come across any bison. I decided to do a painting of the herd using the valley in which they previously roamed as the backdrop. The composition, however, was also inspired by a group of Javelina (they are part of the peccary family and resemble small wild pigs) that I came across when cycling in Arizona. The group crossed the road while the large male stood in front of me, protecting the others until the last of them had crossed the road; the male then followed the others. The action and stance of the male javelina provided the imagery for the male bison in the foreground of the painting.

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

The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) and Coyote (Canis latrans). A naturalistic version of the Looney Tunes classic.

Date: 2016
Size: 20in x 30in
Material: Oil on canvas

The Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is often referred to as the Pronghorn Antelope, because it closely resembles the true antelopes; its closest relatives, however, are giraffes and okapi. The Pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in the Western Hemisphere. They are depicted here, in the area of the Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona.

Date: 2016
Size: 20in x 16in
Material: Oil on canvas

The Iconic animal of the Ice Age. Mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until 4000 years ago.

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

This beautiful, cat-like, member of the raccoon family is native to the deserts and arid regions of North America.
Also known as the ‘Miner’s Cat’, it is easily tamed and was once kept by early settlers and miners to rid their cabins of vermin.

Date: 2020
Size: 60in x 32in
Material: Oil on canvas

This painting of a herd of Woolly Mammoths, crossing an alpine meadow, together with Ice Age horses. I was working on the canvas before my accident, and it only required a small amount of additional work to finish it. My grandson, Rowan, let me borrow his toy mammoths to help with the composition for this painting.