Artist, designer and musician, born in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, who studied graphic design at Grimsby College of Technology, 1966–9. He worked as a decorative fairground artist, silkscreen technician and lettering artist, gravedigger, gardener and groundsman around England. From 1971 took part in numerous mixed shows and had a series of solo exhibitions, later ones including Turnpike Centre, Leigh, 1998; Orrell Arts Centre, Bootle, 2000; and Stables Gallery 2001. He was then “working on very focused and detailed pieces that relate to the patterns that emerge in natural objects”. He lived in Southport, Lancashire.