About me

Art was the only thing I was ever any good at at school.  However, I chose not to go to art college after ‘A’ levels and spent a few years failing to become a rock and roll star.  Eventually, I went on to study performing arts at Dartington Hall in the mid 1970s and then qualified as a teacher.

I returned seriously to art in the late 1990s after a varied career path (including musician, community artist, actor, arts administrator and consultant, sign maker and, finally, professional magician since 1989!).  I started with adult evening classes and then a part time Foundation Course at Stafford College.  I stayed on there to do a two year Fine Art HND (Distinction).  Following this, I was asked to be the college’s resident Fine Art practitioner and, later, a sessional tutor.

Although I still work as an entertainer from time to time, I am concentrating on my work as an artist – exhibiting where possible and generally trying to promote, exhibit  and sell my work.  I am a figurative artist who aims to work (where possible) from direct observation.  I paint in oils and draw in pastels, charcoal and coloured pencils.  Occasionally, I stray into three dimensions with small sculptures and handmade boxes.

In 2007 I moved to the North West when my wife returned to university in Preston to study ceramics.  We now live in a tiny hamlet close to the Fylde coast and I work from there and a studio at The Watermark in Preston.