Art and nature have always been important to me. My parents’ love of nature had a huge impact on me and my three brothers. We grew up on an organic orchard surrounded by native bush bordered by a boulder strewn river. Most weekends we were taken exploring the local coast, rivers or bush. Our mother, an artist, painted. They encouraged us to to use our eyes – to read the land, it’s ecology and human history. A seed was firmly sown.