From 1962 he studied composition and classical organ under Professor George Austin in Brighton and continued this training after a move to Chichester in 1965, where he met his wife. Over the next ten years he pursued a career in design and landscape architecture whilst switching his musical allegiance to modern jazz and electronic music, a passion which continues to this day. 

In 1975 he finally gave in to his true vocation and settled with his family in a rural valley in Devon and began to paint full-time. 

Now, his time is divided between studios in Devon and Southwest France. 

Favourite places to paint include South Devon and Exmoor, the Languedoc, Provence, the Cote d'Azur, Liguria, Umbria and Tuscany.