CURRENT NEWS

   Exhibiting at the PLP Gallery, 
   43 8th Av, Between Jane St and W.thManhattan, NY - On-going.



ZOOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE


   FULLTIME EXPERIENCE

   IN-HOUSE ILLUSTRATOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER - JULY 1993 TO SEPTEMBER 1995
   Bristol Zoological Gardens, UK.
   Development of all interpretive signage and literature.
   
   
   FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
	
   CENTRAL PARK ZOO (WCS), New York 
   Illustrations for a new Leafcutter Ant Exhibit
	
   CENTRAL PARK ZOO (WCS), New York 
   Illustrations for the Tropical Aviary Exhibit.

   BRONX ZOO (WCS), New york - JUNE '05 to FEB '06
   Illustrations for the new Madagascar Exhibit, working in 
   collaboration with the Zoo design department.

   NEW YORK AQUARIUM (WCS) - MARCH 2005
   15 images illustrating the various species found in 
   ‘salt-marsh’ and coastal habitats.
   
   PROJECT SEAHORSE - MARCH 2003 to present date.
   World Wildlife Fund and Traffic.
   Update of seahorse identification manual into colour
   and introduction of CD Rom.
   In conjuction with CITES (The Convention on International
   Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora).
   
   BONOBO IDENTIFICATION PORTRAITS - SUMMER 2002
   Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
   Updated oil painting for Bonobo enclosure signage.
   
   FIELD SKETCHES OF AFRICAN BIRDS - JUNE 2001
   Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
   Updated watercolour sketches for their 
   African Forest exhibit.
   
   FIELD SKETCHES - SUMMER 2000
   Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.
   Drawings and paintings for every species housed in their 
   new exhibit entitled ‘African Forest’.
   
   PROJECT SEAHORSE - JANUARY 1997 to DECEMBER 1998
   Team member of ‘Project Seahorse’
   Scientific illustrations for a manual entitled,
   ‘Seahorses: An identification guide to the Worlds species and their conservation’    
   A comprehensive and world first scientific description of the seahorse species globally, 
   working from genetic and morphological data collated by various team members at the London Institute of Zoology. 
   Headed by Dr Amanda Vincent of the McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
   
   AQUARIUM SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - AUTUMN 1995 TO SUMMER 1998
   London Zoo and Aquarium.
   Watercolour paintings describing every species 
   in the aquarium.
   
   PENGUIN IDENTIFICATION - SUMMER 1996
   London Zoo and Aquarium.
   Illustrations for interpretive panels on species,
   status in the wild, distribution and ecology.

EXHIBITIONS
  
   PLP Gallery - Currently on-going now
   Mahattan, NY
	
   NATURAL HISTORY & PET PORTRAITS - Summer 2006
   PLP Gallery Manhattan, NY
	
   MADAGASCAR - May 2006
   PLP Gallery Manhattan, NY
	
   HIPPOCAMPUS - JUNE 2005
   PLP Gallery Manhattan, NY

   A TRIBUTE TO SEAHORSES - APRIL 2005
   ‘Three Turtle Doves’, Manhattan, NY

   COLLECTABILIA 2 - AUGUST 2003
   ‘The Works Gallery’, Newark, OH.

   ART IN THE DOWNTOWN - SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2002
   Columbus, OH.

   COLLECTABILIA 1 - AUTUMN 2001
   Granville, OH.
   
   PROJECT SEAHORSE (BOOK LAUNCH) - SEPTEMBER 1999
   John G Shed Aquarium.
   Chicago, IL.
   
   PROJECT SEAHORSE (WORKS IN PROGRESS) - JULY 1998
   Gulbenkian Gallery.
   London, UK.

   PROJECT SEAHORSE (AUCTION) - NOVEMBER 1997
   London Zoo Aquarium.
   London, UK.
   
   ENTERTAINING ANIMALS - JULY 1993
   Bower Ashton Institute.
   Bristol, UK.



EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

   ‘FRESH WATER FISHES OF THE WORLD’ - NOVEMBER 2000 
   By Tim Berra PhD
   Illustrations for specific species of Lamprey.

   ‘MEDICINE QUEST’ - SUMMER 1999
   By Mark Plotkin
   Chapter page illustrations.

   LAKE VICTORIA - SPRING 1999
   By Rebecca Rose (Columbus Zoo and Aquarium)
   Colouring book about the ecology and conservation of 
   the Lake Victoria region in Africa.

  ‘THE OXFORD TREASURY OF CLASSIC POEMS’ - JUNE 1996
  Oxford University Press.
  Illustrations for poems.

  ‘HUSBANDRY HANDBOOK FOR MUSTELIDS’ - AUGUST 1995
  By Partridge, J. and M. Jordan.
  The Association of British Wild Animal Keepers, Bristol, U.K. 
  Illustrations for particular animal behaviours. 
  
  ‘FORCES’ - AUGUST 1993
  Oxford University Press.
  Illustrations of animals with specific physical abilities.

TEACHING
   
  ‘THE WORKS’ - SUMMER 2003
  Newark, OH.
  Set up and designed a new Course entitled, 
  ‘Drawing on Natural History’ to encourage an empathy with the natural world through drawing.
       
  COLUMBUS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN - SUMMER 2000 TO 2004
  Adjunct Professor.
  Set up and designed a new course entitled, ‘Zoological and Botanical Illustration’. 
  To encourage an empathy with the natural world through drawing and self-authoured projects.