I was born in Rhodesia in the late 1940's and my family moved around the world whilst I was growing up.  South Africa, Australia, Ireland and England have all played a part in my love of landscape.  It was in Cape Town, South Africa where I developed a love of painting, surfing and cooking. I returned to Britain in the late 1980's due to my Mother's increasing ill health.

Once back in Rochdale, I met Janet and we both wanted to have a more rural life so moved north to Inverness in 1998, and then in 2005 further north to Caithness.

Since moving to Caithness, I have been able to rediscover my love of painting.  We moved to Skirza just over 10 years ago,  and I now have a studio in the garden and can work contentedly on projects.