Upon retiring as a primary head teacher in the London Borough of Hillingdon, I embarked on my lifelong ambition to paint:

To sit on a beach somewhere with my paints at the ready, to try and catch the movement and colours of the waves as they crash onto the rocks.

To set up my easel in Osterley Park and to try to convey the symmetry of Robert Adams' summer house set against a backdrop of autumn colours.

I studied various aspects of watercolour painting in adult education classes, life drawing and portraiture classes whilst in Hillingdon. As a member of the Ickenham Art Society I exhibited paintings at The Great Barn, Ruislip, at Uxbridge Library, etc.

On relocating to West Sussex, I enrolled on various Northbrook College adult education courses to enhance my skills and understanding of portraiture, life drawing, still life and landscape using watercolour, pastels and in recent years, acrylics and oils. I have exhibited my paintings in Worthing Art Gallery, Colonnade House and, as a member of Arun Art Society, in Ferring Village Hall and The Barn Surgery. In the summer of 2018, I participated as both artist and venue coordinator in the Worthing Artists Open Houses event. During WAOH I exhibited a wide selection of my paintings alongside fellow artists from the West Sussex area.