As an early career, though relatively ‘long in the tooth’, artist, my creative practice builds upon many years as an interdisciplinary academic/teacher/researcher/practitioner working in biodiversity conservation, environmental education, and anthropology, with a fundamentally critical perspective. In 2020 I took early retirement to exercise my creative muscles, primarily by exploring human/nature discourses through narrative practice engaging with objects (natural and human-made), representation, and a wide range of processes. In so doing, I hope to challenge some of the prevailing epistemological frameworks and positionalities that underpin prevailing environmental and conservation narratives, and offer novel and interesting ways of engaging with, understanding and challenging these discourses.