I have been making my living as an Artist since graduating from Harrow School of Art
in 1978 with a BA Degree in Illustration. This course gave me an excellent grounding with
a specific insistence on Drawing from life, (We drew four days a week for three years.)
I have since Illustrated for both advertising and Publishing throughout my career.
In 1980 I moved to California to continue my studies at the Otis Parsons School of Art
where I focused on "Plain Air' painting. I found the 'Mediterranean' light of California a
prime inspiration. It was here I discovered my love for painting 'in situ' and have always
preferred to work in this manner. I feel my landscapes benefit from a true feeling of the Artists
presence and I can only honestly capture elements such as: light and atmosphere
working in this way. Indeed the painting process becomes a meditation on the landscape
as the Artist becomes 'one' with his surroundings and the 'moment'.

I returned to London in 1990 and continued to 'Paint' while still making my living primarily
through Illustration commissions.
In 2003 I published a 'Map of Hampstead Heath' which I embellished with a number of my
own paintings of 'The Heath'. It has almost sold out a first edition of 5,000 copies.

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