I am going to be honest, I love that people buy my work, I really appreciate that they like it so much they want to own it, it means I can make more. I love to make the work, it is a compulsion, something that I need to do to feel ok, I love the research, the watching birds and the stories and poems I uncover along the way. However I really struggle with getting my work out to my audience. The main problem I have is that marketing becomes just about money and that seems to strip all the meaning, joy and purpose out of my work… it always has. Don’t get me wrong the gallery’s who sell my work and have supported me in the past are amazing and I would love to find more like them. However I also think my work should do something more than just make money. I obviously have to earn a living and pay my costs but, the best thing that my work does for me is to raise money for worthy causes…animal charities, like Mousehole Wildbird hospital, The Wildlife Trusts, The Wildfowl and Wetland Trust and Compassion in World Farming. I am very particular about the charities I have supported and their philosophy has to fit closely with mine, which is not a normal one! Does anyone else feel the same? If anyone has any ideas of way in which I can do more of this I would be really interest 😊

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