Hummingbird hawk-moth feeding. Wood Print

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This hummingbird hawk-moth came into my garden in the north of England one summer - it is usually familiar with warmer climates in the northern hemisphere, generally in the Old World, though sometimes in North America. It rarely survives the winter, though, oddly one appeared in the same spot the following year, yet never since then. It is feeding on the buddleia (butterfly) bush, for which it 'conveniently' has a suitably long proboscis to reach the nectar.Its stillness as it hovers is mesmerising, as are its human-like eyes.

I was born a Manxman - a native of the Isle of Man in the centre of the British Isles - and my heritage from there sometimes brings a Celtic element to my work. However, another side of my personality has often been expressed in my acrylic painting and photography in a more extraverted, Mediterranean way. This has no doubt been influenced by the fact that I have travelled through Europe and elsewhere in the past, but I have come to look for inspiration nearer to my home in recent years in a beautiful part of the north of England. My Christian faith underlies what I do in art as in the rest of my life. I am a retired clinical psychologist and am married with children and grandchildren. I have no formal artistic qualifications but am...