I was born in Somerset, in the southwest of England, and began pursuing my interest in art and design at the age of sixteen when I attended a high school for arts in the west country of England. Following two years of national service in the British Army, I continued my art and design education at Central Saint Martins School of Art in London (NDD) and Yale University School of Art and Architecture (BFA, MFA).

After Yale I moved to Cambridge, MA where, with a fellow classmate, I eventually formed my own firm and enjoyed a very engaging and successful career as a designer and consultant, working all over the world for institutional, government and corporate clients. 

Throughout my working life my personal art studio was a place of refuge where I could escape, when possible, the professional demands of my design career. Some of my first explorations were abstract works. It quickly became apparent to me that my memories of the open country landscapes and Atlantic coastline in the west country of England formed the emotional basis for my large-scale abstract works. All works of painting are abstract in some sense. No painting can be viewed without some reference to a metaphor and emotional memory. For me there is no disconnect between abstract and representational painting - only the terms-of-reference differ.

Following a period of abstract painting, I embraced representational landscapes. I have a strong connection with the tradition of landscape painting in the United States and Europe. Whether in my studio or outside - for me it is an endless exploration of the world we all live in and the time, light and the cycle of seasons.

During my design career I traveled a great deal - and carried a pen and ink sketchbook with me on every trip. The hours that passed in airports, or visiting a city’s sites and museums, meant opportunities to sketch and learn how to consciously “look” at what my eyes were seeing. A natural outgrowth of these ink wash drawings was the pursuit of watercolour painting. And, like the practice of meditation, painting with watercolours requires an unrelenting focus and immersion in the act of painting. Watercolour painting is technically unforgiving - mistakes can’t easily be erased. The ultimate task is to bring everything you know and the skills you have acquired, into the moment.

In 1991, after having my third child, my wife and I moved into what had been our weekend home on Martha’s Vineyard and became full-time residents. We lived very happily on the island for fifteen years. Martha’s Vineyard is a special place with a varied and extraordinary landscape that can change quite dramatically with the seasons and the weather. It provided me with an endless number of places to paint – many of which I returned to over and over again.

In 2017 my wife and I set off on another life adventure and became residents of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - a colonial-era city in Mexico’s central highlands known for its baroque Spanish architecture, thriving arts scene and cultural festivals. It is a World Heritage Site set within a mountain landscape – providing me with new, and challenging, painting opportunities.

I now spend a good part of almost every day in my studio, doing what I love. And, I am pleased to say, my work is in over 100 private and corporate collections.