I originally trained as a graphic designer gaining an HND in Typographic Design from the London College of Printing and working in London for some years before 're-training' in Fine Art, graduating from Liverpool John Moores University in 1996. Feeling that I didn't have enough to say as an artist to try to make a career of it, I took an MA in Multimedia Design which led me into a career as a Learning Designer. I continued to produce art in my spare time.
I moved to rural Derbyshire with my family in 2009 and working out of a summer house in our back garden soon discovered that I actually had a great deal to say. I am now retired and working out of a larger studio in Haarlem Studios in Wirksworth am engaged full time painting.