Gothic By Nature

Description: I love drawing hybrid mythical, fantastical animals. In the 20th century the winged stag was given the name peryton

Description: I love drawing hybrid mythical, fantastical animals. The hippogriff or hippogryph is from the 1600s but has contemporary appeal appearing in contemporary film and literature

Description: Drawing of a big raven in an oak tree in autumn. Drawn from a photograph taken in the park behind my parents home in Canada.

Description: Hand painted text on a minimal painted background inspired by walking though forests.

Description: Painting of the staghorn fern in my sister's garden in Australia.

Description: The scale of the brick house in this landscape painting is unual giving the feeling of mystical woods.

Description: The name 'Peryton' was first used by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 'Book of Imaginary Beings', however representations of winged stags are much older.

Description: My drawing of an ill fitting coat with an oversized sleeve. I like the idea of playing with proportions and impractical fashion.

Description: An ink drawing inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula character Mina.

Description: A sketchbook drawing I made of baby birds in their nest waiting for food.

Description: Oil painting of a Red winged Fairywren that I saw along the riverbank in Margaret River, Western Australia. They are so sweet!

Description: Spiny Lumpsuckers are really unique animals. Often referred to as ping pong balls with fins. This drawing captures the comical and slightly bizarre character of this fish.

Description: Hand drawn type for the Gothic by Nature logo

Description: An ink drawing inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula character Mina.

Description: Spiny Lumpsuckers are really unique animals. Often referred to as ping pong balls with fins. This drawing captures the comical and slightly bizarre character of this fish.

Description: Oil painting of a Red winged Fairywren that I saw along the riverbank in Margaret River, Western Australia. They are so sweet!

Description: Drawing inspired by the flying squirrel at the lake and love of the scaredy squirrel books. Nocturnal animals are so cool!

Description: Drawing inspired by the flying squirrel at the lake and love of the scaredy squirrel books. Nocturnal animals are so cool!

Description: Sketchbook ink drawing of a pumpkin patch with a scarecrow. I love visiting a pumpkin patch!

Description: Sketchbook ink drawing of a pumpkin patch with a scarecrow. I love visiting a pumpkin patch!

Description: Oil painting of a Spirula spirula that I found on the beach in Western Australia. Spirula spirula is a species of deep-water squid-like cephalopod mollusk.

Description: A drawing I made in the woods by my parents house with beautiful oak trees. I love looking up at the gnarled bare branches with falling leaves in the fall.

Description: A drawing I made in the woods by my parents house with beautiful oak trees. I love looking up at the gnarled bare branches with falling leaves in the fall. White ink design

Description: Baby pangolins are the coolest. Pangolins are the only mammal with scales and they curl up into little balls as a defence against predators.