My earliest memories are of drawing. I remember endlessly scribbling away at pictures of characters from old Warner Brothers cartoons. Ever since those days I've loved creating art and strive to re-capture the sense fun, joy and wonder at the world that I felt when I was a kid.

I create art to reflect my biggest sources of inspiration: nature and wildlife though the prism of things that excite me: 50's & 60's animation design, typography, the bold shapes of picture books and the darkness & light of folk stories.

I live in a cottage in small sleepy country village in England, complete with a cricket green, red postboxes and blue/gray skies (depending on the day). I'm lucky enough to share a home with my lovely girlfriend, Sarah, who makes jewellery for a living, and the equally lovely, Totoro - our puppy - whose likes include dandelion clocks and chasing butterflies.

My shop, Winter Smoke, is named after one of my favourite poems by Tennessee Williams', 'Winter Smoke is Blue and Bitter'.