Biographical Details

1939 Born on 1 April in Zimbabwe

1956-57 Obtained Foundation Diploma from St Martins School of Art.

1978-81 Obtained a Painting Diploma at City & Guilds School of Art.

1981-84 Studied for a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Academy Schools.

1989 Elected a Member of the New English Art Club.

1992 Elected a Member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

1995-2008 Served as Honorary Archivist to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

 

other Society Memberships

Royal Society of Portrait Painters
 

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

‘Rodney Burns Drawing Award’, City & Guilds, 1981

‘Henfield Figure Painting Award’, ‘S J Soloman Bronze Medal’, ‘Duff Greet Prize’, Royal Academy Schools, 1982-84

‘Ernest Kleinwort Memorial Prize’, New English Art Club, 1989

‘House and Garden Interior Prize’, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 1993

 

Past Exhibitions

2001 Glyndebourne Opera House - Selected Drawings
2000 People's Portraits - UK Touring Exhibition Royal Society of Portrait Painters
2000 Woodgates Gallery, Suffolk - Spring Exhibition
1998-99 National Portrait Gallery - selection from RP Annual Exhibition
1996, 97, 99 Langham Fine Arts, Suffolk
1998 Alresford Gallery, Hampshire
1992 Glyndebourne Opera House - Selected Drawings
1992 Cooling Gallery - "A Critics' Choice" II and III