In April 2026 I exhibited six prints at Natural Discourse, a week-long climate art exhibition at Surface Gallery in Nottingham. The show brought together artists exploring the climate and ecological crisis through visual art.
The six pieces spanned themes of marine ecosystem collapse, deforestation, overconsumption, and the psychological shift that comes from seeing Earth as a fragile, interconnected system. All works are open edition signed prints, with 50% of sales donated to Greenpeace.
The Overview Effect The Overview Effect, first coined by Frank White in 1987, describes the profound cognitive shift experienced by astronauts when viewing Earth from space. This perspective transformation — seeing our planet as a fragile blue marble suspended in the vastness of space — consistently triggers profound shifts in awareness about humanity's interconnectedness and our relationship with Earth. Ink on paper and digital colour in Photoshop. Wake Up and Act Now Drawn in 2019 when the world seemed to be waking up to the urgency of the climate and nature crises with the help of protest groups like Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion. Digital art, hand drawn with a stylus in Photoshop. Stolen Future A businessman stamps down on the Earth while a toddler looks on and pollution spills into the scene. Digital art, hand drawn with a stylus in Photoshop. Can't Eat Money"When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money." Ink on paper and digital colour in Photoshop. Unravelling I started drawing this as just a colourful underwater scene but as I painted, I wanted to highlight how marine ecosystems are threatened. Pollution, overfishing, mining, ocean acidification, global temperature increases, coral bleaching and biodiversity decline are all harming our life-sustaining marine ecosystems. Digital art, hand drawn with a stylus in Procreate. Flame Grilled Deforestation Hands hold a burger with a skull looming over it, flames from an Amazon forest fire burning behind. Digital art, hand drawn with a stylus in Procreate.
The Freemarket
Also shown at the exhibition was The Freemarket, an animation I created as a student in 2010. A critique of the free market, it was made in response to the 2008 financial crash, the bailouts, and the austerity politics that followed. It warns that privatisation, public service cuts and deregulation lead to greater inequality, human suffering and environmental destruction — all so a few can profit. Reflecting on it sixteen years later, it feels less like a student project and more like an unheeded warning. Mixed media illustrations, animated in Adobe After Effects.
