Born Carlisle 1940. I studied at Carlisle College of Art 1956 -61 Painting N.D.D. Taught by Jack Seabury, from there I gained entry to the R.A Schools graduating Dip R.A.S, 1961-64. Influenced and helped by William Scott R.A. 1st Landseer Prize and Silver Medal 1962 Eric Kennington Drawing Prize 1962, Richard Jack Prize 1963, The Royal Sovereign Drawing Prize 1963, Awarded a Rome and Abbey Minor Scholarship in Painting 1966.

Mini Print International 10. Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain Mini Print International 13. Cadaques, Barcelona, Spain 1993; the 3rd Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints Kochi Japan 1996.Lessedra Third World Art Print Annual, Sofia Bulgaria. 2004. Lessedra 7th Mini Print Annual, Sofia Bulgaria 2008. Printmaker’s Printmaker Printfest 2008 Ulverston Cumbria. Public Collections include Northern Arts, Abbot Hall Picture Loan, Carlisle Public Library, Paintings in Hospitals (South) Motorola Ltd, Fylde Arts Association, Carlisle Museum & Art Gallery, B.I.C.C. Ltd, Paintings in Hospitals (North), . Aldi Stores Ltd Neston Cheshire. Northern Arts Purchase Award in 1985

Trained and practised as a painter, I have since 1981 concentrated on relief printmaking as the medium where I could best explore my interest in colour, in multiples. Particularly I find interesting the restrictions of the reduction method of making prints. I have moved on from making large lino prints using the reduction method, to engraving small endgrain wood blocks