Born Upper Hutt New Zealand. Educated Taita College and Victoria University. I developed my passion for painting in the 1980’s while recovering from chronic illness. The years between 1993 and 2006 were spent living in the North East of England. Extensive travels during this period and since have had a profound influence on my style and approach to painting. December 2006 saw my return to Waikanae where I now live and paint. My art is about giving plastic definition to emotion. When painting I escape into another...more