I have always had the urge to draw and did so throughout my school days, eventually passing  Art and Engineering drawing A levels.

After a year long Art Foundation Course at Dyfed College of Art  I followed on to Technical Illustration in Swansea. The course, in the early eighties had a  wide ranging skills based approach which included analytical drawing and life drawing sessions alongside the more technical disciplines.

On completion I worked as a designer/illustrator for an advertising agency and was employed as a part time lecturer in analytical drawing and later as a life drawing tutor on the Foundation course. I completed FETC and PGCE teaching qualifications.

I re-trained as a Graphic Designer gaining my BA (Hons) in 1997 and have been running my own design company for twenty-five years. In 2011 I returned to education to complete an MA in Visual Communication (Contemporary Dialogues).

For all that time I have run or attended regular life drawing sessions, working in graphite, watercolour, pastels or coloured pencils.

I  have been painting portraits in oils for several years now and am constantly developing my style. I also began painting landscapes as an excuse to get myself out of the studio for some fresh air!

I have recently become an Associate Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art (ARCA).

I am also a keen writer and have written a number of articles about my work.