Painter and teacher, born in Coventry, Warwickshire. While still at school studied at Coventry School of Art, 1943–6, then as a student there from 1947 for two years; this was followed by two years at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and one at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art. A Spencer Travelling Scholarship, 1954, allowed him to work for a year with Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Hans Jaenisch at Hochschule für Bildende Kunst, Berlin. He began teaching at Coventry College of Art from 1955 and at Birmingham Regional College of Art. Later teaching positions included London and Birmingham and a period as artist-in-residence at University of South Carolina. Commissions included work for Department of the Environment, 1972. Exhibitions included Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, a solo show at Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry, 1971, Arnolfini in Bristol, 1980, and elsewhere.