Artist producing abstract work who gained an art and design foundation certificate at West Cheshire College of Further Education, 1985–6; honours degree in fine art from Nottingham Trent University, 1986–9; postgraduate master’s diploma at Royal Academy Schools, 1991–4; then a postgraduate teaching certificate at University College Chester, 1997–8. Awards included Student of the Year at West Chester College, 1986; Margaret Bryan Scholarship, 1989; Royal Academy Schools Prize for Printmaking, 1993, and its Haite Travelling Scholarship, 1994; Cyril Sweet Award for Painting, with election to the London Guild of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers, and SPACE Studios Award, both 1994; and election as a freeman of the City of London, 1995.