I am a self-taught artist who enjoys the variety of the English countryside and tolerates the weather.  After a career as a palaeontologist at The Natural History Museum I have swapped old bones for old barns and like nothing better than sketching in farmyards, among the oil drums and barbed wire.  Simple pleasures.  Most of my paintings are of the pure watercolour style but I also like to use egg tempera because of its ability to reflect depth of colour as well as texture.

I have been actively involved in several local art societies for about 20 years and have exhibited paintings locally as well as in London.