Born 1946 in Withernsea, England. He began painting in 1968, following studies in English Literature in London, and in 1970 took his first studio at SPACE, St. Katherine’s dock, London, an artists’ initiative set up by Bridget Riley and Peter Sedgley. He is currently based in Dorset, Britain, and is Visiting Professor in Painting at the Faculty of Art and Architecture at the University of Brighton, and Professor of Drawing at the Royal Academy School of Arts in London. In 2003 he was elected a Royal Academician.
