I was trained in the traditional skills of drawing & painting & employ these skills using images, issues & themes in a contemporary text. I work as a committed artist with my own studio.

I studied first at Hammersmith School of Building, Art & Craft & later at Carlisle college of Art where I gained a National Diploma of Design after which I taught chiefly in Secondary education. Later I returned to Carlisle College of Art to study an MA in Contemporary Art completing it in the year 2000. I have throughout worked mainly with oils on canvas sizes around 90 x 120 cm. When I took to using thicker paint I met with a problem as the paintings took over a year to dry. This was not very practical, I now use acrylic, a water based medium & employ various palette knives & pieces of card as tools, only occasionally using brushes. The sizes of canvasses are smaller averaging 50 x 65 cm.

I draw with pencils, charcoal or graphite sticks & the drawings are often used as a basis for paintings or for developments on the computer.

I now live in Dearham, a few miles from Cockermouth but earlier I lived on the Harbour House, Maryport. My drawings & paintings owe much to this earlier experience.