
It’s fairly obvious that I love drawing and a huge part of why I’m driven to make pictures is the inspiring area in which I’m lucky enough to live. I live in a town, by the sea, but one of the even more special (and unusual, I think) features of Weymouth is that it has two RSPB nature reserves more or less within the town itself. One of these is Lodmoor, a saltmarsh with extensive reed beds. As well as enjoying watching the huge variety of birds (which very slowly I am learning to recognise), I love the sense of openness I get when I’m there and the way the light is always different but always beautiful.

I’ve sketched and drawn several pictures from here. This one is special because it’s inspired by a photo I took early one morning during one of the lockdowns, when a walk around Lodmoor counted as my daily allowed exercise.
