Home - A Brief History...

Born in Lewes in 1945, I was exhibiting and selling my paintings by my mid-teens - thanks largely to the encouragement of my artist grandfather.

From 1960 I studied composition and classical organ under Professor George Austin in Brighton and continued this training after a move to Chichester in 1965, where I met my wife. Over the next ten years I pursued a career in design and landscape architecture whilst switching my musical allegiance to modern jazz and electronic music, a passion which continues to this day.

In 1975 I finally gave in to my true vocation and settled with my family in a rural valley in Devon and began to paint full-time...