These unique and iconic animal portraits use minimal abstract backgrounds to draw attention to the myriad levels of detail in Nature’s grand design. 

Whether we are looking at the magnified eye of a bullfrog, or a galloping horse captured at several thousandths of a second, it is the stillness of these photographs that gives us time to pause and marvel at the amazing diversity of life on earth.

A curated selection of my stylised bird portraits. Animal photography is about being ready for the split-second moment when it happens. This is seldom more true than when capturing birds in flight. The human eye can’t process the speed at which birds fly. The only way we can fully appreciate the beauty of feathered flight is to watch it in slow motion or freeze it at several thousandths of a second.

Recent winners in the 2022 IPA Fine Art Photography awards, these symmetrical floral mandala patterns promote a sense of relaxation and wellbeing. The mandala is traditionally used in Buddhism and Hinduism to represent the universe. It was also the famous psychoanalyst Carl Jung’s chosen archetype for the whole self. An archetype in the deeper layer of our unconscious Jung called the ‘Collective Unconscious’. He believed that the mandala resonates with spiritual and historical connection, and represents both the individual’s whole self and our universal collective unconscious. They are beautiful symbols to meditate with and focus on, and visually vibrate with a calm, balanced energy.

Photographs are often referred to as stills. The ability to freeze a moment in time allows us to explore the world in suspension and will often reveal a beauty that might otherwise flash by in the blink of an eye and remain unnoticed.

However the word still also applies to still-life, or the examination of static objects, which allows us to pause, observe and contemplate the world as an endless series of remarkable details.