A lot of my travel is at least partly work, visiting schools and libraries, especially in France.

As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

I'm trained as a teacher; that's the only thing I've got a certificate for.

With my pictures, what I hope is that it encourages the reader to imagine more pictures of his own.