I have always had the urge to draw. I was encouraged as a child and fortunate enough to be provided with plenty of drawing materials.

I continued to draw and paint at school, passing Art and Engineering drawing A levels. After a Foundation Course I followed on to a Technical Illustration HND. The course, in the early eighties, had a wide ranging skills-based approach which included analytical drawing and life drawing sessions alongside the more technical disciplines.

On completion I worked as a designer/illustrator for an advertising agency and was employed as a part time lecturer in analytical drawing and later as a life drawing tutor on the Foundation course. I completed both FETC and PGCE teaching qualifications.

I then re-trained as a Graphic Designer gaining my BA (Hons) in 1997 and have been running my own design company since then. In 2011 I returned to education to complete an MA in Visual Communication.

I also write, and have made an effort to describe my journey into the landscape here.

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