Born: Manchester, June 1947
I never considered being a painter !
As an alternative to Art School, I went straight into a design house as a Junior. I spent 6 to 12 months in each department learning in detail all the necessary skills in finished art, design, typography, hand lettering, screen-printing, as well as production and account handling. This enabled me to 'carve out ' a career path
Like many others I was distracted by promotions to higher rungs of the career ladder, sacrificing my true love of painting, which naturally means I have much catching up to do!
It was only in the last few years I decided to concentrate more seriously on my painting. Totally inspired by my love of The west of ireland, italy and latterly Australia!