Painter, draughtsman, muralist and sculptor, born London. He was the son of Gladys Keokeok and army captain James Bradley initially living in deprived circumstances, but eventually enabled through a wealthy father to attend St Paul’s School. Ran away to sea at 14 and for several years served as a cabin boy on the Central and South American run, during which he began serious painting, mostly academic portraits of shipmates. Was a dishwasher or waiter in London restaurants and became well known to artistic circles as The Rimbaud of Soho because of his drinking, drug-taking and promiscuous life. A number of prestigious galleries, such as Gallery One, Gimpel Fils and the Redfern Gallery began to show his work. Went to Paris where he was taken up by Rudolphe Augustinci, director of the Rive Gauche Gallery, showing artists such as Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy and René Magritte.