Born in the North West of England in 1948 to Welsh and Irish parents. I studied at Hornsey College of Art, London, 1967 -1968, then Newport College of Art  1968 – 71. I lived and worked in the USA, North and South Wales, Manchester, Newcastle on Tyne, and London, then moved to Pembrokeshire in 2002.

‘There is no pre-conceived intention in any of my work. When I paint, I am feeling my way through the unknown, trying in the moment to think about colour, mark making and shape. It is an often fraught, but sometimes rewarding process of eliminating and re- building of the surface by adding and removing paint, scratching out and putting back marks, over painting and ‘washing’ away – until I see an image that feels finished’