When I started Ashes and Snow in 1992, I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out.

The stars you see at night are the unblinking eyes of sleeping elephants, who sleep with one eye open to best keep watch over us.

If you look at Paleolithic cave paintings, you see how people were depicted inside nature, not outside it. It was a kind of dream time. That's what I'm exploring.

Is it only humans that look up with wonder at the stars and the vastness of the universe?

My imagination has always been inspired by nature’s vision

We need to renegotiate our contract with nature. Ecology is a unifying force that can diminish intolerance and expand our empathy towards others - both human and animal.

When I started Ashes and Snow in 1992, I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out.