Dani Williams Art & Illustration

Pet portraits and wildlife illustrations from a naturalist.

I am an illustrator specialising in pet portraits and wildlife art.

I have had a passion for animals for as long as I can remember. As a child I collected wildlife guides and watched every natural history documentary I could. I also drew endless pictures of animals.

I went on to study Zoology at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Liverpool. And I spent many years living in London and working in science communication. During those years I had very little time for drawing and painting.

In 2013, as well as having a baby, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease which means regular medication and trips to hospital. So it seemed like the perfect time to give up my day job to look after my son and myself and spend more time developing my drawing style and Dani Williams Art & Illustration took off. I'm now back in North West England and am thrilled to once again be be able to focus on my first passion of drawing animals.