In 1983 after a short career in advertising and commercial art he followed his passion for wildlife and became a self-employed wildlife artist and illustrator, specializing in book illustration.

He spent many years perfecting his artistic skills and is now regarded as one of Europe’s foremost Wildlife illustrators; he is also a talented painter of landscapes, still-life, murals and people. Chris has produced to date in excess of twenty thousand wildlife illustrations in over 300 books, numerous calendars, greeting cards, posters and jigsaw puzzles. He has exhibited his paintings widely in the United Kingdom and China and has paintings in public and private collections all over the world.

As a wildlife artist & illustrator he has work published by many organizations including:  A & C Black, BBC Wildlife Magazine,  Harper Collins,   Usborne Publishing and environmental charities such as:  WWF  (The World Wide Fund for Nature),  RSPB (The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds),  FSC  (Field Studies Council) and  The Wildlife Trusts.