Born London 1954, I studied art at Watford and Belfast. I’ve been a freelance illustrator since 1982 and while I’ve subsequently worked for many of the leading publishers in the UK, I’ve also worked for many other, sometimes quite off-beat, organizations, big and small. From pictures for a commemorative plate for some long vanished railway branch line to a painting of St Martin of Tours for a local school, no job is too small and each rewarding in its own way. 

As will be apparent throughout this website, my great passion is history. I have an extensive personal reference library that enables me to bring a great amount of detail and vividness to my illustrations of times past.

During the 1980’s I worked with a couple of small theatre troupes, producing posters and scenery. This in turn led to series of exhibitions in conjunction with mask maker, Ninian Kinnier Wilson of illustrations based on characters and from the Commedia del Arte.