At the age of 13, I hiked the coast path from Golden Cap to Ballard Down, taking pictures with a small automatic camera. That journey took 4 days but has had a far longer term impact on my life. I live now, as I did then, in Dorset and spend many hours in the richly coloured and detailed outdoors.

My time in Dorset has been interrupted by a 7 year period in Southampton, studying for a degree in biology then a doctorate in bumblebee ecology. Although loving ecological research, I have found the pull of photography too great to ignore.

I will be exhibiting twice this year in Dorset, once during Dorset Art Weeks (at The Old Brewery, Carraway Lane, Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 1NJ from May 24th to June 8th) and again at The Exchange in Sturminster Newton from October 30th to November 27th.