 | Born Lincoln 8th Dec. 1934 |
| Educated in Lincoln |
| Employment - short time in Accountancy, joined the National Service for 2
years. I started as an assistant in the retail jewellery trade where I
became a manager and worked for over 35 years. |
| Moved to Cleethorpes to run my own shop as a Manager in Grimsby. |
| Married in 1964 |
| Had a daughter in 1966 |
| Moved with my work to Brigg, then South Humberside, for 2 years. |
| Moved again, to New Milton in Hampshire for 2 years. |
| Moved again, to Stamford in Lincolnshire, where I have now lived for 20
years |
| Now have two grandchildren a boy and a girl, Richard and Amy. |
| Retired slightly early at the age of 63. |
| I now look after my grandchildren and continue with my painting. |
I have always been interested in art, even in my early school days. I
always scored high marks in art. I took an exam for a place in art school,
there was only one 'free', place available, unfortunately I was not successful
and unable to afford to pay to attend. I continued with my art classes
until I finished school.
Work and the National Service took me away from my interest and hobby. I took
up painting again in the 1980's for a short spell. I painted with oils and
my main subject at the time was 'Birds of Prey' and abstract art .
Like most people find, there is very little time during their working life to
fit in a full-time hobby. Now that I have retired, I am able to continue.
I now work with Pastels and Oil Pastels, which I find very versatile to
use. I can complete a painting in one day. Many of my paintings are
'Impression' style paintings, of local and holiday scenes.
I have studied Vincent Van Gogh, Cézanne, Pisarro and
Claude Monet.
I have built up quite a large portfolio, with over 100 paintings.
Please do have a look at some of my work included on
this web site.
