JOHN GALE
John has been working as a bird artist for the last 16 years, his first project was painting the Birds of Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. In 1992 he won 'Bird illustrator of the year' (British Birds). He has illustrated a number of field guides including the 'Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa', a project which took five and half years to complete. In 2002 John won 'Bird Artist of the year' (Birdwatch ). He has just finished a project illustrating birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsular, and is now currently working on 'Handbook to the Birds Madagascar'. During the last seven years John has concentrated on Oil Paintings, bases on the theme of fragile and endangered Environments, visiting the Forests of South-East Asia, Madagascar and the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. John also works part time as a Veterinary Surgeon in Exeter, Devon, where he lives with Fay, Tom and James.