- 1972 - 1975
- Trained: Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford.
- 1976 - 1978
- Lived in Greece and established an etching workshop on the island of Syros, affiliated to The Aegean School of Art.
- 1980
- Opened Moorland House Workshop in Somerset, running residential painting and printmaking courses until 1986.
- 1981
- Travelled to Italy on a Bockingford International Watercolour Award.
- 1986
- First of ten solo exhibitions at the Chris Beetles Gallery, London.
- 1987
- Commissioned to paint in Northern Portugal. Commissioned to paint in Guernsey for the Guernsey Tourist Board.
- 1988
- Wrote and illustrated Light, How to See it, How to Paint it published by Cassells.
- 1990
- Tutored painting group in North Yemen for The Artist magazine.
- 1991
- Tutored painting group in Southern India for The Artist magazine.
Became artist in residence at Shepton Mallet Prison, Somerset (until 1993).
- 1992
- Won the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery for the portrait of prison inmates entitled Her Majesty's Pleasure.
Ran painting workshops in Dubai and travelled to Oman to paint.
Became visiting artist an the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
- 1993
- Elected a member of the Royal West of England Academy.
Commissioned to paint Lord and Lady Longford for the National Portrait Gallery.
Illustrated Excursions in the Real World by William Trevor.
Tutored painting group in the South of France for The Artist magazine.
Organised the first regional Koestler Exhibition of Prison Art in Taunton.
- 1995
- Tutored painting group in Zanzibar for The Artist magazine.
- 1996
- Tutored painting group in Egypt for The Artist magazine.
Exeter Health Care Arts commissioned an oil painting for the RD&E hospital.
Travelled to Hungary to paint.
Tutored painting group in France for the Friends of the RWA.
- 1997
- Wrote and illustrated Light in Watercolour published by HarperCollins.
Became visiting tutor at Somerset College of Arts and Technology.
Tutored painting group at the Alhambra in Spain for The Artist magazine.
- 1998
- Travelled to Senegal, West Africa to paint.
- 1999
- Tutored painting group in Gujarat, Western India for The Artist magazine.
- 2000
- Travelled to India to paint people and places threatened by the damming of the Narmada River.
'Year of the Artist' Commission to work with inmates at H M Portland Young Offender Institution on murals within the prison.
Tutored painting group in Morroco for The Artist magazine.
- 2001
- Organised a fund raising exhibition "Bhuj before the Earthquake" at the Curwen Gallery, London.
- 2002
- Tutored painting group in Hania, Crete.
- 2003
- BT Batsford published Travels with Watercolour.
Curated 'Tooth and Claw' animal exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
- 2004
- Tutored painting group in Sicily for The Artist magazine
- 2005
- Tutored painting group in China for The Artist magazine
- 2007
- Tutored painting group in Tunisia for The Artist magazine
- 2008
- Tutored painting group in Venice for The Artist magazine
- 2009
- Travels with Watercolour published in paperback by Batsford Books
- 2010
- Tutored painting group in Syria for The Artist magazine
- 2011
- Tutored painting group in Malta and Gozo
- 2013
- Travelled to paint in China
- 2015
- Sunlight & Shadows in Watercolour published by Batsford
- 2019
- Tutored a painting group in Jerusalem for The Artist magazine
