A grammar schoolboy from Epsom, I’ve painted for as long as I can remember but I loved playing football. I captained England Schoolboys and signed for West Ham at the age of 16 but two years on, when injury, disillusionment and “A” levels intervened, I joined an aircraft company, took a first degree then a Master’s and a lifelong career in aerospace followed. I’m a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and received its Distinguished Service Award in 2019. I also contribute to the UK Military Strategy HQ Defence Futures Forum, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Sir Rich Knighton
Photography, drawing and painting continued to fill any spare time but, in the 1980s, I graduated from painting cards and posters for friends and family by joining Antonia Black’s (click her name to see her work) Watercolour Workshop. In her Victorian studio near the Thames at Kingston, Antonia provided the technical guidance, drive and inspiration to our small group of artists. We exhibited our work locally in Richmond and Kingston and I sold my first paintings
Over the last 16 years, I’ve painted mainly in oils and permanently exhibit and sell my work at the Mulberry Tree Gallery in Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck
Exhibitions
Molesey Art Society
Purbeck Arts Week: Open Studios, Rollington Barn
The Winning Gallery, Hampton Court Village
Riverside Gallery, Walton-on-Thames
Mulberry Tree Gallery
Work in Collections
The Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace
The Royal National Lifboat Institution, Swanage
The Royal Parks
Private Collections in the UK, USA and Spain
