Born in Middlesex in 1949. Encouraged by his mother he developed a talent for drawing at an early age and he was drawing and painting while still at primary school. After completing his education, he branched off on his own, to study art and illustration and he was soon supporting himself as an illustrator, creating works of art for magazines, record covers; and advertisements.

His detailed observation of cottages in the nearby villages, animal life and the streams and pastures around him, has made him renowned throughout Europe.