Painter and printmaker, born in Birmingham. Studied at Loughborough College of Art and Newcastle University. Gained a prize at Northern Arts Exhibition in 1978 and five years later at Tyne Tees Northern Open. Granted a Northern Arts Major Bursary in 1984, a Grizedale Forest Residency in 1985 and two years later was artist-in-residence at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria. His group appearances included Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead; Newcastle Group at Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, and Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Groningen, Netherlands, 1988; and DLI Museum & Arts Centre, Durham, 1990, in the Newcastle Group show The Northern Lights. His solo shows included Chester Arts Centre, 1979, and Moira Kelly Gallery from 1980. Arts Council holds his work.