Study trips

I had my first trip to India in 2004. I visited the north-west, around Delhi with my 3 friends, including Bharatpur, Ranthambhore, Sonkhaliya, Corbett, Nainital, Sattal and the Great Himalayan National Park. I didn’t do any sketching back then, it was only a birding trip. I had a lot of inspirations, which ended up in studio paintings…

I love wild cats, Snow Leopard being one of my favourites. For a long time I tought it was impossible to see it in the wild, but the increasing number of recent sightings from the Hemis National Park in Ladakh, northwestern India gave me hope. Fellow nature artist, Mark Andrews invited me on the first trip in 2009. We had a sighting on our 5^th day…

I’ve spent 10 days in Dobrogea, Romania with my 3 artist friends. We concentrated on the Black Sea coast and lagoons…

Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one of the rarest bird of the World, the total population is probably under 1000 individuals. It’s still easy to see in Thailand, but the birds are in winter plumage…

I made illustrations for the 2nd edition of the Birds of New Guinea field guide between 2011 and 2014. After finishing the job, one of the authors, Thane Pratt invited me on a one month long expedition to Papua New Guinea…

I have exhibited in the headquarters of the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club in Aberlady with my friend, Jonathan Latimer twice. On both occasions we’ve added a short study trip travelling to various parts of Scotland. In 2011 we’ve visited fellow local artist, Keith Brockie in Aberfeldy. He showed us some great Black Grouse leks, where we could study the birds really close…

In 2010 I won the Don Eckelberry Scholarship Award from the Society of Animal Artists. I could spend 10 days in the Asa Wright Nature Center on Trinidad…

In June of 2019 I had the fantastic opportunity of joining a group of 6 birders from Hawaii on a 3 weeks trip to the Western part of New Guinea. The trip…