By the age of twelve, I was taking photographs and printing black and white images. I eventually built upon this interest by starting a career in the printing and publishing industries focusing on the reproduction of images.

​In the early 1990s, the graphics, printing and publishing sectors transitioned from what was largely a craft skill to computer based methods. So I joined a systems manufacturer in the UK. My skill became image retouching and manipulation on expensive Unix computer systems. I spent five years travelling the world consulting into publishing and printing companies and ad agencies. It was during this time that I gained my initial skills in digital image creation and manipulation, just as digital photography was emerging.

​My path to the digital art world was therefore unusual. Self taught, based on a lifelong interest in photography and grounded in an expertise acquired from the very earliest days of digital art. I can honestly claim to have been a pioneer in creating original art from digitised images.

​​Then another technology revolution occurred in the form of the Apple Mac, which transformed the industry within a year. So I took a masters degree in Multimedia Design with a view to gaining leading edge skills in the new digital domain. I also got married, and my first son arrived. So a turbulent time but also much joy.

​The subsequent ten years saw an IT revolution take place. They also, happily, saw my second son arrive. I had a family to support so, whilst I continued to use my imaging skills, the IT sector had become too volatile so I took an MSc in Natural Resource Management at Cranfield University in the UK, as an intended career change, continuing the art as a hobby.

Originally British, I've travelled quite widely across about 25 countries and have lived in six of them for a number of years in each. ​I left the UK again in 2014 and have been settled in Cyprus since 2017, where I lead a quiet and fairly solitary life. Of my two sons, one is now a doctor and the other an ecologist. Both live in the UK and I'm in constant touch with them.

I'm now focused solely (when I'm not in the Magic Oak or wandering around Cyprus that is) on the creation of art through the manipulation of my photographs or sketches, or creating abstracts using image editing and vector graphics software, building on over thirty years of experience. I'm also experimenting with acrylic painting. It's an absorbing, creative occupation with endless possibilities for different forms, feels and styles and is hugely satisfying when, after many days or weeks of work, there is a tangible result in the form of a unique image that I've created. There's often a disparity between what I set out to create and what finally emerges as the creative process becomes partly led by unexpected effects and outcomes of various processes. This emergence of the unexpected adds an element of serendipity to the work and is fun and gratifying as it opens up previously unconsidered possibilities. I try to avoid becoming attached to a single style, preferring to explore and experiment.

The primary objective of my work is to create pictures that aesthetically enhance the environment in which they're displayed, But I also try to reflect subtler aspects of reality and of life. Ultimately though, it is the viewer's privilege to interpret any given picture.

I hope you like my work and thanks for reading

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