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A SHORT HISTORY

I was educated in London as a painter (South-West Essex Technical College and School of Art in Walthamstow) and in 1969 moved to Stockholm, Sweden, in hopes of continuing my education. I was fortunate enough to be accepted at the Swedish Royal Academy of Fine Arts and spent five years there in the print-making school. I investigated all of the print-making techniques available and became especially engrossed in colour etching. I found I could use colour to evoke moods and the white of the etching paper became my light source. It was a painterly approach to making prints.

In the early years I printed editions for my colleagues to supplement income from sales of my own work, learning more about print-making all the time. I now show a mix of paintings and prints in my exhibitions, often using a theme, for example People or Parties to bring the different means of expression together. I enjoy drawing from the life model and sometimes develop the drawings into prints (etchings, lino-cuts, lithographies, monotypes). Mostly my subject matter consists of people and also animals in different situations. Dreams are an important source for my inspiration.