Born in 1951 in Dorset
Childhood in Cornwall, East Africa, Isles of Scilly
Now living in West Somerset
- 1971-1974
- Dip A.D (Degree) in textiles at Central School of Art, London
- 1974-1979
- Designed printed textiles and wallpapers, mainly for the American market, with Chelsea Textile Designs, run and inspired by the late Brigitte Dehnert
- 1979-1981
- Time off for family
- 1982-1995
- Designer and illustrator for Wilscombe Melamine in Somerset, producing designs for kitchen, dining and gift ware. Also during this time, began working independently as a botanical painter
- 1988
- Awarded the Silver-Gilt Grenfell Medal by the Royal Horticultural Society for a series of paintings of rare magnolias
- 1989-1992
- Membership of the Society of Botanical Artists
- 1990s
- Exhibitions at various galleries including the Rooksmoor Gallery in Bath and the Medici Gallery, London. selected for Royal West of England Acadamy Autunn exhibition
- 2000 onwards;
- Regular exhibitor at the Medici Galleries and also Wolseley Fine Arts in London, in particular their annual 'Still-Life' show, 'Old and New' at The Gallery in Cork Street
- 2001
- Selected for The Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries, London
Also holds regular exhibitions 'at home', as part of Somerset Arts Week and independently, and in the Lynda Cotton Gallery in Watchet, Somerset.
As well as the classically inspired still lives of fruit and vegetables.
I also enjoy using different approaches, for example in paintings of stones and driftwood and flowers. Occasional digressions into the whimsical and surreal, and a fascination with the geometry, pattern and visual dynamics of the natural world ensure a constant and varied source of inspiration.