Painter, born in Lisburn, near Belfast, Northern Ireland. He studied at Chelsea School of Art, 1977–81. Among his mixed show appearances were New Contemporaries at ICA, 1979–80, and John Moores Liverpool Exhibition from 1982, when he won a prize. He gained a Northern Ireland Arts Council Bursary for travel in Portugal, 1984, and three years later at John Moores showed the canvas Earthquake of Lisbon, All Saints Day 1755. Arts Council acquired this work. Lived for some time in London.