Eric's passion for Wildlife, started at an early age when as a child he would play in the forests of Derbyshire England, seeking out birds nests, or just watching a King Fisher darting back and forth to its nest as he sat on the bank of a pond fishing with his friends. These memories would remain, until later in life when he would turn his talents to portraying his love of wildlife. He first started his working career as a sign writer, learning the skills of the bygone old masters, from wood graining, marbling effects and gilding, to mural painting, which were all part of a sign painter's trade in those...more
