Ben is exploring issues to do with New Zealand’s environment. In particular the factors that have contributed to the recent massive changes in the balance and make up of our unique and fragile ecosystem. In several of his works Ben is interested in how the introduction and arrival of predators like rats, stoats, ferrets and cats has pushed the defenceless native Stitchbird to the brink of extinction.

Techniques used are emboss, woodcut and drypoint printing, monoprint, collagraph and silkscreen on paper.