EBorn 1945 near London. Lived in North England, the Czech Republic and Ireland.

Born 1945 near London

I first exhibited at Sunderland in 1966, which included work from 1964, all of which, apart from Eye Music have been destroyed. I have always been independent and under the radar to the point of folly. Looking back over my work, as I have done for making this new website, I see I often wander off into the undergrowth to explore a technique, obsession or idea, yet always come back to core ideas that were established  in Song To The Dancer II of 1981-1991

There are 3  abiding influences on how I paint. Firstly, a novelist, the Austrian Robert Musil, whom I encountered at 14, you can find a quote from him as you wander this website. Secondly, the composer Arnold Schönberg. Thirdly and most obviously,  Nicolas Poussin. All three needed to integrate the emotional with the intellectual, as do I.

In 2014, a personal loss blocked my painting, the only exception being revisions to the pair of paintings I made in memory of Luboš Vinš for a 2018 Cyech exhibition in the Czech Republic

In 2020, I started again when I reassessed who I was. From that point on, the stream flowed with renewed vigour.

Public collections:-  British Arts Council, Abbot Hall, Dean Clough, British Rail, Vodňany Museum,  

Exhibited:-, Royal Academy, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Abbot Hall Kendal, Laing Art Gallery, Ceolfrith Arts Centre, Dean Clough, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Gulbenkian Gallery Newcastle, Durham Art Gallery, Gray Art Gallery Hartlepool, Drumcroon Arts Centre, Richard Demarco Gallery Edinburgh, DLI Museum Durham, RWS Bankside London, Piece Hall Halifax, Huddersfield Art Gallery, University of Durham, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Jelenka Strakonice, Blatná Castle, Vodňany Art Gallery, Plzeň Art Gallery, Artamo Galerie Plzeň, etc

Private collections:-  USA, EUROPE, UK