Artist and teacher, married to the sculptor Jill Tweed, the sculptor Nicola Hicks was his daughter. He attended Winchester College, then Chelsea School of Art and Royal Academy Schools, 1949–54. From 1960–86 taught part-time in art schools in or near London, then concentrated on painting, from time to time playing jazz piano professionally. Group shows included the RA Summer Exhibition from 1957; Contemporary Prints 1970–75, Tate Gallery; Small is Beautiful, Angela Flowers Gallery, 1985; and Separate Easels, Alresford Gallery, Alresford. Had many solo shows after St George’s Gallery, 1956, including Imperial War Museum, 1975, New Art Centre, 1980; Galleri Engstrom, Stockholm, Sweden, from 1980; and Heffer’s Gallery, Cambridge, 1992; David Messum Gallery, which latterly represented him, from 1997; and Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, 1999.