I began as an illustrator before moving into oil painting, with exhibitions in London including Muse at Harrods (2011) and Out of Work Angels in Mayfair (2015).
For over twenty-five years my wife, Gail, has been my model and muse—and the one who opened my eyes to veganism.
She said something simple I couldn’t argue with: Her life was no more important than a sparrow’s. I said mine was. Gail asked why. What followed was a tumble of fallacies: intelligence, history, tools, the usual myths. And then, silence. Because there was nothing to say.
That moment changed everything.
“Look through an animal’s eyes. There lies your humanity.” That’s a phrase I coined not long after. I stand by it. I just wish I’d known it sooner.
Now, with my debut book Cowbells on the Kill Floor, I write with the same aim as I paint: to uncover what we ignore.
Look through an animal's eyes. There lies your humanity.