Artist and teacher, born in Carlisle, Cumberland, who drew inspiration from “the supreme painterly skill of artists like Sargent, Turner and Constable”. His repeated themes were “nature, agriculture, religion, fear and hope and the way that we try to control these things”. After a fine art foundation course at Carlisle, 1987–8, Halliday graduated with honours at Exeter, 1989–92, then was self-employed. He was a regular exhibitor in group shows, including Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, Islington, 1992; Lake Artists’ Society, Grasmere, 1993; Eden Arts, Penrith, 1994; Coombs Contemporary, 1998; and Deborah Bates, 1999. His many solo exhibitions included a mid-career retrospective at The Walk, 2000. Lived in London.