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I was born into a British working-class family in Scarborough, Yorkshire.   I have an elder brother and sister.   We were brought up in what is now called a single-parent family.   Our mother was a waitress.   When she died, we kids went off in different directions.   Not choice, it just happened.   After something of a chaotic period I ended up with foster parents living in Darwen, Lancashire, aged eleven.   They took me with them when they moved to Manchester.   At the age of twelve I was offered an interview for a place...more
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Artists and Illustrators

August 4th, 2011

I've been lucky enough to be featured in this September's edition of the top UK magazine Artists and Illustrators (out at the end of August). They wanted someone to 'represent' the Snowdonia area. A copy can be found at loads of different places (lik... 

128th Annual Summer Exhibition RCA

May 21st, 2010

Since being elected to membership of the Royal Cambrian Academy, I realise that one of the attractions is the opportunity to exhibit works in their various annual exhibitions. So, I'll be putting three paintings into the summer exhibition, which runs... 

Karma Obscura

March 3rd, 2010

I set up a website not long ago. It put me in a bit of a quandry as I wasn't 100% clear in my mind why I was doing it. Was it just putting together a virtual exhibition? Was it to discuss the techniques and processes of painting? Was it to us...