I studied fine art in Wigan and Sunderland, leaving college in 1980 with two painting scholarships and the Sunderland Fine Art prize. Since then, for over 40 years, I have worked in the creative industries; making, teaching, illustrating and exhibiting around the world. I’ve shown work in America, Canada, Belgium, Spain, Ireland and throughout the UK as both a painter and printmaker in numerous one-man and group shows since the early 1980s. I am a member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art, the Printmakers Council and an associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Arts and have work in UK public collections and many private collections around the world.