AFTER LEAVING WALSALL SCHOOL OF ART I HAVE WORKED AS AN ARCHITECT AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER, BETWEEN SPELLS LIVING IN ST. IVES,CORNWALL AND WORLD TRAVELS AS A MERCHANT SEAMAN I VENTURED INTO INTERIOR DESIGN AND EXHIBITION DESIGN FOR WHICH I WAS AWARDED MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS . I NOW PAINT FOR PLEASURE AND HAVE MANY STYLES,FROM ALMOST VERY PHOTOGRAPHIC TO PURE ABSTRACTION,THE LATER GIVING A GREAT FREEDOM TO PAINT WHAT I FEEL, RATHER THAN SEE. I AM PRESENTLY PAINTING A SERIES OF WHAT I CALL 'MINDSCAPES, OR 'IMAGISCAPES' WHICH COME FROM NO REFERENCE OTHER THAN THE MIND AND MEMORY , THAT IS I INVENT LANDSCAPES. I RECENTLY HAD A WORK ACCEPTED FOR PATCHINGS 2015 FOR WHICH I RECEIVED AN AWARD. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE KINDLY LEFT SOME VERY GRATIFYING COMMENTS