Painter and teacher who studied classical oil painting at the Escuela Libre del Mediterraneo, Palma, for five years with Joaquin Torrents Llado, a notable Spanish portrait and landscape artist. On completion of his studies he became only the third student there to be invited to remain as tutor. Returning to the United Kingdom, he began to show regularly there and abroad. He was initially known as a portrait painter, exhibiting regularly with the RP from 1997. His Foal at Pushkar Camel Fair, Rajasthan, was included in the September Show, Wykeham Gallery, Stockbridge, in 2003. He shared an exhibition with David Sawyer at that gallery in 2004.