Growing up in Breaker Bay was amazing for a child obsessed with creatures of all kinds from birds to bugs to fish so I picked up a pencil and began drawing them. Dreaming of being an artist I graduated from Wellington School of Design in 1992. After many years as an illustrator I turned my focus to being an artist. My intricately detailed wildlife art is influenced by my time as a scientific illustrator at Te Papa, and my own traditional Celtic visual culture.
Wellington artists featured on unique puzzles
PieceHouse is putting a spotlight on New Zealand artists through a different medium, high-quality jigsaw puzzles. Two of our artists are local Wellingtonians, Bonnie Brown from Studio Bon and Nikki Astwood from Revised Edition. You can view their puzzles on the Piecehouse website: www.piecehouse.co.nz