Painting and drawing have always played a big part in my life and although self taught I began my working life as a Commercial Artist in London's famous Fleet Street. Having spent time in London  I moved to East Anglia  to pursue a career in International commerce, whilst continuing to maintain my artistic links by exhibiting and working on commissions. Some years ago I retired from commerce to achieve my life long ambition to become a full time professional artist and now my wife and I live just a few hundred metres from the beach. It will therefore come as no surprise that living in an area famous for it,s big dramatic skies and the barren beauty found in sea, esturaries and wetland I am constantly provided with an endless supply of subject matter that has filled many sketch books and has inspired and influenced my work. I never tire of attempting to capture the elements of light, atmosphere and  splendor in my work. Now that I spend more time in the studio it is noticable that I have developed an appreciation and a style for a limited pallet and a somewhat "Less is More" approach in both my figurative and abstract work with a lot of my work now being produced as signed limited edition prints.