He is a member of the wildlife Art Society, and produces highly detailed painting of natural history. He is also a keen portrait artist. Much of his work is commissioned, but he also produced painting for exhibition and publishing as prints. He has designed for leading T-shirt manufacturers in the UK and USA.

He moved to Somerset in 1998 and has set up a studio at Curry Rivel near Langport.
You don't have to be a member of the Natural History Society to attend the illustrated lecture, and Tell will be delighted if anyone interested comes along to learn more about the spectacular lizards and snakes of the antipodes, including some of the most venomous in the world.

While he was in New Zealand, Tell was invited to talk about his work to students and staff at Victoria University in Wellington, and in return was allowed access to the exciting research work on the rare Tuatara, a unique 'living fossil' of the reptile world.