My first degree is in History of Art, from Leicester University, but looking at other people's work without picking up a paintbrush myself is not a way to go ... so ... I went on to study Graphic Design and Illustration at what was then St Martin's School of Art. In the days when you left college clasping a Letraset catalogue!
My past clients have included the BBC, Methuen, Blackie, Corgi, Scholastic, George Philip, World International, Scripture Union and most of the major greetings card companies.
I've had a spell in art education, too, and I'm still on the Subject Advisory Committee for Art & Design for AQA. Even while teaching other people to make pictures, though, I kept up my own practice.
I'm an Associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, exhibit regularly with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, and I have work featured in the Association of Illustrators' 'Images 29' annual.
I've recently been awarded a Distinction for my P G Diploma in Archaeological Illustration from Swindon College, where my chief concern was to push the boundaries of a rather hidebound genre of illustration. And the research was absolutely FASCINATING!
I don't want to say too much about my work, which should be speaking for itself, apart from the fact that I am equally comfortable working in digital and traditional media, depending on the client's needs.