Born in England in the early fifties, the son of a watercolorist, I initially chose a path of science, immersing myself in the natural world as a biologist, zoologist, and eventually a medical research scientist—though along the way, art was a constant companion, chiefly in the form of photography.  During my college years, I found time to specialize in photojournalism and commercial photography.  My career path, however, was distinctly in biomedical research and business.  For the 25 years following university, I only used a camera recreationally. 

At the time of life when my peers and colleagues in business were rounding out their business successes with sports cars, golf, and second homes, I returned to art, taking numerous classes in drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, mastering techniques in figurative art and portraiture using OILS, PASTELS, and a variety of drawing materials.  In the late 1990s, I studied with painters in St. Louis, and more recently at UCLA and the LA Academy of Figurative Art.  Over those formative years, I personally studied with and am immensely grateful to the following teachers: Al Gury, Larry Francis, Judith Rupinski, Al Osbourne, and Doug Martenson at PAFA; and Suzanne Bothwell at UCLA.  I admire and am influenced by the techniques and styles of Stanley Spencer and Lucian Freud, and am inspired by the narrative content of Eric Fischl, Isadore Bishop, Jerome Witkin, and Kaethe Kollwitz.

Much of my painting during those years borrowed from all that I knew about photography.  As I branched out and explored more impressionistic styles and techniques, I returned to PHOTOGRAPHY as a medium for expression and as a source of inspiration for painting and digital imagery.  I applied my aptitude for computers and technology to my artistic endeavors, using the computer as an aid and stimulus for painting and creating works in the exciting, new, hybrid genre of DIGITAL PAINTING.

Computer technology provides a fluid and flexible tool capable of mimicking many media which can expand the artist’s repertoire without limiting his creativity.  I found that the flexibility and spontaneity provided by this technology increased my ability to experiment, to refine, and to create.  Today I continue to explore digital photography as a technique to support my artistic work and to produce high-quality photographic images. With the evolution of software such as Photoshop (Adobe) and Painter (Corel), I create original computer drawings that often incorporate elements captured from my earlier oil paintings and drawings.

In 2005, I retired from a career in business development and administration in order to pursue my art full time.  Now living as an artist and commercial photographer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I have added PRINTMAKING to my repertory of fine art, and I have established a freelance COMMERCIAL photography business concentrating on architectural, product (artwork), event, and portraiture commissions.

Throughout it all, my innate inquisitiveness about the wonders of living things and my exploration of the interplay of life, light, and perception now emerge and combine in my new-found vocation in the visual arts.