Biography

I was born in Bromley, Kent in 1975 and from a young age had a fascination with drawing. Some of my earliest memories are of drawing although my talents then amassed to little more than stick men.  I was quite an introverted child and I can't say that growing up in the suburbs of London was terribly interesting but the result was to throw me deeper into the realms of my imagination.

It was during these formative years that I developed a love of the fantasy genre. I would spend hours pouring over the black white illustrations found in the pages of Fighting Fantasy books, novels like The Lord of the Rings and tabletop roleplaying games. These remain a perennial love.

In 1993 I entered Croydon College studying a Foundation in Art and Design, and a year later I left my home town to study at the University of Portsmouth.  After graduating in 1997 I decided to stay on in Portsmouth but also hang up my brushes for a while, painting only occasionally.

By 2002 my love for painting was rekindled and I have been producing work consistently since then.  I don't like to classify my work but both my figurative and abstract work do share a stylistic commonality.  It is true to say that my work is influenced as much by what I read as it is by other artists.

As I entered my late 40s, a desire to pick-up once again those childhood inspirations of Fantasy Illustration, led me to explore the genre in both pencil and ink.  It's a subject that remains close to my heart and has been the primary focus of my work for the past few years.

As an Artist, it is my desire to reflect and express.  Sometimes the expression will come directly from my own experiences and feelings, sometimes as a reaction or reflection to world in which I live, and sometimes from the depths of my imagination. It is not a choice; art is part of me, but I would not have it any other way.

I hope that you find my work as stimulating and enjoyable as I did creating it.