The artist was born in North Devon, left home and school at the age of 13, having lived in 33 houses and attended 17 school by that time. 'After two years at Ipswich School of Art and two years National Service in the Middle East he had his first exhibition of painting and sculpture at Falmouth Art Gallery in 1989. Reviewed by Frank Ruhrmund: "Hard to accept that these 70 exhibits have been executed by the same person." [extract from p72 '20 Years of Contemporary Art']