As an internationally acclaimed wildlife artist and World Champion sculptor of birds, author, explorer, diver, filmmaker and art and environmental impresario, it has been Jeffrey’s life calling to share nature’s beauty, through art and other vocations.

Jeff’s artistic career began auspiciously at 16 years of age (in 1988), when the Prime Minister of Canada presented one of his sculptures to Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh on an official visit. That year, Jeffrey competed against senior professionals and won 3rd prize at the World Championship of Wildfowl Carving, receiving national recognition in television, radio and print. His research as an emerging artist, naturalist and expert on the Common Loon led to his first book and several special exhibits, including one at the Royal Canadian Mint, in celebration of the release of the one dollar “Loonie”, and in a group exhibit of Canada’s top contemporary wildlife artists, including Robert Bateman, Glen Loates and Fenwick Lansdowne, at Canada’s national Museum of Nature.  Two years later Jeffrey won first prize at the same World Championships, and his first book was published for artists, about the Common Loon. The book would sell over 10,000 copies over 3 printings and fund Jeff’s post-secondary education.  

While studying for his Honors Bachelors of Science in Biology and Geology at Carleton University, Jeff began work on his next book – “Owls of North America” – a coffee-table style publication featuring detailed studies and illustrations of 17 species of owls. The project involved a 5 week solo cross-Canada journey with stops at wildlife rehabilitation centres in almost every province and two years creating life-sized hyper-realistic illustrations of the species.

Jeff has since received numerous artistic awards and has written and illustrated several more books about birds, nature and art including the 542-page Birder’s Lifelist and Master Reference. He was also one of the youngest ever to be inducted as a Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists – an international league of the world’s most distinguished artists who specialize in portraying animals. Jeff was also among the youngest to be accepted into the Leigh Yawkey Birds in Art Exhibit – featuring an elite international collection of artwork by artists from around the globe. 

Shortly after graduating, Jeff pursued his passion for technology and natural facility in software programming and co-founded a leading Internet consulting firm. A successful entrepreneur by 30 years of age, Jeff used his business success as a vehicle to support his non-profit passions and philanthropic work in the arts and environment. As a result of these achievements, Jeff was honored as one of Vancouver’s top young business professionals by Business in Vancouver’s Top Forty under 40 awards.  

As an artist, Jeff is known best for his striking mixed-media and bronze sculptures of birds and other natural history subjects. His subjects range from anatomical restorations of prehistoric life, such as dinosaurs, to modern birds, insects and plants. Jeff produces a small number of creations each year, many requiring hundreds of hours of work. Recent notable acquisitions of Jeff’s artwork include a bronze sculpture purchased for the collection of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

Jeff’s pursuits in arts and science have led him to produce documentary films about wildlife and art and to travel to many fascinating and wild places. In his first film, produced in cooperation with the American Museum of Natural History and Houston Zoo, Jeff traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to retrace the steps of a famous historic explorer 11,000 feet up a volcano and tell the story of how an artist and scientist helped establish Africa’s first national park and save Mountain Gorillas from extinction, nearly a century ago.

Jeff’s expeditions have been publicized and shared through his art, books, and documentary films. As a result of his exploratory work, in 2011, Jeffrey was inducted as a “Fellow International” of the illustrious Explorer’s Club. Some of Jeff’s other art and science expeditions include:; a 300km canoe trek in Nunavut on the George River to the Arctic Ocean to track the world’s largest herd of caribou; studies of the endangered Rothschild Giraffe in Kenya by hot air balloon; expeditions to catch and identify new species of moths in the jungles of Costa Rica and Northern Vietnam; biodiversity studies in Malaysian Borneo; diving with stingrays, sea turtles and whale sharks, and studies of grizzly bears in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest. 

In 1997, Jeff combined his passions for the arts, business, natural history and technology to form an international charity - Artists for Conservation (AFC) - of which he is the President and founding Chairman. AFC is the world’s leading artist group supporting the environment with 500 members from 27 countries, including many of the world’s most respected artists. AFC mounts exhibits, festivals, cultural events, education programs and expeditions to study and conserve wildlife.

Jeff is in demand as a public speaker, as a judge for art competitions and writer for online and print publications. His role in AFC along with his artistic credentials has uniquely positioned him as an authority in the nature and wildlife art genre. 

Currently, Jeff is working on a fourth documentary film, a series of paintings and sculptures for a major personal exhibit in 2016. He is also working to establish Artists for Conservation festivals in multiple locations around the world.

A devoted family man, Jeff currently resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia with his wife Yasaman and two children, Amanda and Anthony.