John Walters

John Walters has been a life-long naturalist, amongst his earliest memories were watching glow-worms as a child in his native Hampshire. He grew up on Hayling Island in Hampshire where he developed his deep passion for the natural world. He lives in Devon with his wife Joyce and sons Barnaby and Oscar.

He explores the natural world through drawing and painting wildlife in the field and photography. His interests in natural history are wide with particular focus on the study of insects, birds and rockpool life. His sketches and paintings are full of life and always produced on the spot in the field. They are often the result of many hours, months or years of close observation.

After graduating from Falmouth School of Art and Design in 1991 John worked for the Dartmoor National Park Authority as a graphic designer. Since going freelance in 1999 he now works as a wildlife consultant, artist and ecologist. He has worked with the BBC Natural History Unit on many television and radio programmes including Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife, Smalltalk Diaries, the Natural World – Earth Pilgrim, The Living World and the David Attenborough series - Life in the Undergrowth.

John has won a number of awards for his drawings and paintings, notably the Wildlife Art Gallery Award, in the 1992 European Bird Artist of the Year competition and in 1997 was the British Birds Bird Illustrator of the Year.

His latest book, co-authored with Norman Baldock, is The Wildlife of Dartmoor - published in January 2008. See publications for more details.

John Walters

47 Oaklands Park, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 0BP England

Telephone 01364 643916