Ryan Rivers Art

HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY to one of the most important people in the world! I owe a lot of my passion for art and animals to David Attenborough as his love of nature was infectious to my child heart and inspired me to draw the nature I loved so much. I could quote entire episodes of his documentaries before I could read and I drew the animals and plants he spoke so fondly about. His narrations have echoed through my past and continue to inspire my art to this day. His fondness for the arts and natural world led him to the studio of the late natural illustration William T Cooper and this changed the course of my life for good.

I found my people among dedicated animal lovers that aspired to capture the beauty and their passion for their subjects and I became obsessed with this world of green and blue. For lack of a better way of putting it, I fell in love with the environment and its conservation! David has been a glowing gem of a person among a world that otherwise often seems indifferent to nature in its raw untamed form. I truly appreciate this man and his incredible dedication to nature and education.