Chicken egg. Chicken egg. Egg chicken. Egg chicken.

I am often asked which came first, the gardening or the flower photography. I think the answer is neither: it started for me with a love of flowers, botanical art, and imagery of nature. Over the years, I have learned to hone my craft, and make work in the genre that would appeal to me even if I hadn’t made it!

This feels a little bifurcated: the person who edits (and often and hopefully) appreciates my work is not the same person who makes the art. But as the song goes, I have two lovers, and both of them are me!

Actually, gardening and floral photography are a “circle unbroken” for me. Each feeds the other. The flowers in More Poppies Galore (above) are from my garden. Like the flowers shown in Recent Work (in my garden), I could not have these Papavers to photograph without growing them myself.