Biography
Born in Birmingham in 1925
Left school (aged 16) in 1941
Worked for two years as a clerk in an insurance company
Joined the Army (aged 18) in 1943
Brother killed at Arnhem c.1944
Demobbed three years later suffering clinical depression - 1946
Entered Birmingham College of Art c.1946/47
Visited Spain and Paris in 1947
Married Zena Hitchings in 1951
Began teaching at Birmingham College of Art c.1950/51
During 1950s visited several major London exhibitions, inc. De Staël, Rothko, Giacometti
Exhibited 'Kitchen Sink', John Moores Painting Prize, Liverpool in 1957 (acquired by Walker Art Gallery)
Included in 'Six Painters', Royal Birmingham Society of Painters touring exhibition in late 1950s
Exhibited 'Studio Table Still Life (with Brushes)', John Moores Painting Prize, Liverpool in 1961
A studio table still life acquired by Birmingham City Art Gallery for their public collection early 1960s
Travelled to Isles of Scilly early 1960s and began a series of paintings based on rock formations
Resigned from Birmingham College of Art in 1965
Solo exhibition at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham in 1966
Taught part-time in London between 1965-68
Started working for the British museum late 1960s and all but stopped painting for more than a decade
Resumed painting in a radically different style in the mid-1980s
Died in Birmingham in 1987

Solo Exhibition
1966 - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Work in Public Collections
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Birmingham City Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham