I was born in St. Helens in 1958. Artistic talent ran in my family though I was the first to develop my interest and skills and paint professionally. I cannot recall my exact age when I started to draw and paint though I was very young and remember asking for sets of paints as birthday presents. At school I frequently came top in art demonstrating talent from a very early age. My ambition was that one day I would become a professional artist. Upon leaving school I went into surveying and estate agency where I was able to develop commercial skills which also helped me in the art world. I continued to paint in every spare moment practising and perfecting until after many years my first major breakthrough came when he began to paint still life. Very limited spare time meant that this was an ideal genre since the subjects were immediately available. An aunt had died recently and left me some ornaments, which I painted in a composition with fruit, they were an immediate success and demand grew rapidly. I began to collect suitable classical contemporary subject matter including claret jugs, pewter, etc. following the great tradition of the genre. My approach is to paint a representational image of the highest quality, and in great detail. Still life subjects frequently include fruit, lobster, flowers, glass, pewter and other fine objects. I have since extended my portfolio to include other classical subjects painted in both oil and watercolour.

I turned professional in 1996 and throughout the following years won several awards and had work accepted for exhibition by leading art organisations.

Most artists ally themselves to a particular group of like minded painters and I belong to the “Classical Realism” school. The movement places great emphasis on the development of true artistic skill and the creation of paintings of great beauty. In recognition of my paintings achieving these prestigious standards I was invited in October 2011 to become a member of the “International Guild of Realism”. The organisation was created in 2002 to promote classical and contemporary realism ideals.