Several months ago I was contacted about the posibility of illustrating some species for an ambitious project to map all the European Breeding Birds. It was a great opportunity to work in such a publication and I was delighted to be a part of it. I was a little slow to respond and was very fortunate that some of the species I sent forward as examples of work were still free.  After a busy few months and with the move to Donegal complete, I can now finally sit down and complete my list of subjects.

I still have not settled on the final illustration or pose for several of the species, and I am contemplating adding some more background to work already completed. I often struggle to maintain a consistancy in my style, that I am still trying to find a way of painting that I am confident and comfortable with. Each time that I pick up the paint brush I usually have something in mind that is totaly different to how it ends up. I am however hoping that each of the illustrations maintain a certain character and that each one can be easily picked out as my work. Hopefully focussing on a project without interuption for the first time in a few years will help.