At sixteen I studied at Sheffield College of Art before moving to London to the Slade School of Fine Art where I studied under Sir William Coldstream, Patrick George and a young Lucien Freud. At that time teaching drawing was paramount, so for me drawing is fundamental to painting and this is reflected in my work. I always work directly from the subject matter either out of doors, whatever the weather, or indoors in my studio and I never work from photographs.
Throughout my career I have exhibited widely including the RA Summer Show, the West of England Academy, Birmingham Royal Society of Artists, and Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Exhibition in the Mall Gallery. I have had several solo exhibitions in London, Birmingham, Oxford and Durham. My work is held in public collections listed in the Public Catalogue Foundation www.bbc.co.uk/art/your paintings
Although frustrated during Covid not to paint in Blenheim or Fairford Church, or to paint on holiday I have been fortunate to find inspiration in my garden and on the local allotments where my wife has a vegetable plot and her neighbours grow wonderful sunflowers and dahlias among their veg. So the last two years have continued to be surprisingly creative.