Living where I do, cradled between the bush and the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean, my work has naturally begun to shift tides (yes we need ocean puns here). For a long time, my focus was anchored on local wildlife, drawn to the texture, weight, and quiet rhythms of animals on land. But when…
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Whale migration
Living in St Lucia we are on the doorstep of the whale migration down from Madagascar along the East coast of South Africa where the whales birth their young, and then follow a route as old as time, to the nutrient rich waters of the Antarctic. These two paintings were a commission and are hanging…
Whale season…
Every year humpback whales migrate to the warmer waters off the coast of Madagascar to calve because their nutrient rich feeding grounds in the Antarctic are too cold. Once the babies are born, the whales begin their journey south, back to the Antarctic. From mid June right the way through to November we can watch…
