Painter, draughtsman, printmaker and potter, born in Strood, Kent. He was brought up in Rochester, then studied at Medway School of Art, 1945–7, and at Royal College of Art, 1949–52, where his teachers included Rodrigo Moynihan, John Minton and Robert Buhler. Went on to teach in Jersey, Channel Islands, where he settled in St Helier. Showed Young Contemporaries, RI, RBA, SGA, in the provinces and elsewhere. National Film Theatre, London, holds his work.