ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL

“Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.” – Wayne W. Dyer

The goal of this project is to design a unique and creative set of images that encourage the viewer to see the extraordinary beauty of animals from a new perspective. In doing so, emotions are evoked in the viewer so that they are pushed to look more deeply into each image and create a connection with the animal. 

With much of our natural world, including animals, in danger from global warming and other threats, we as artists can use our medium to shift the status quo. With these images I am looking to challenge the viewer to change they way they look at things: to pause and admire our Earth’s creatures, and to be more conscious of our actions and accountability as individuals on this planet. 

“How we look at life depends on how we see ourselves” | Justin Young

“A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for” | Amit Ray

"Nature is an infinite sphere whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere" | Blaise Pascal

“I am a human guinea pig and a professional dilettante” | Tim Ferriss

"Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer" | Radhanath Swami

"Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice" | Aristotle

“Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding”

Shannon L. Alder

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom" | Aristotle

“If we don’t change direction soon, we’ll end up where we’re going” | Irwin Corey

"If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere" | Vincent Van Gogh

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see” | Henry David Thoreau

“A dream without an action is like a fish without gills. It can’t survive” | Israelmore Ayivor