1943 Born Worcester.
1959-63 Brighton College of Art, Painting N.D.D.
1963-66 Royal College of Art, Painting A.RC.A.
Group Exhibitions
1982-84 Presence’s of Nature. Carlisle Touring.
1984 Contemporary Felt. Bury.
1984 Miniature Textile Biennial. Hungary.
1985 Wall Hung Textiles. B.C.C. London.
1986 -87 Fibre Art touring. Lodz, Poland and Fulham Palace, London.
1987 Two Years On. Touring 3 venues in the North
1987- 88 Felt. Plymouth Arts Centre Touring 7 venues
1989 Watercolours in Felt. Crafts Council gallery.
1990 Bradford Textile Festival
1990 International Filt Symposium, Arhus Denmark
1992 Contemporary Felt, Mouzon, France
1992 Terrain. Cumbrlan Group, Melmerby, Penrith.
1993 Fibre Art, Maidstone and Piece Hall, Halifax
1993 Rye Art Gallery.
1994 l.F.A. Conference and Exhibition. Hartpury, Glos
1994 Collins Hall, Glasgow. International. Felt Association
1994 Norton Priory, Runcorn. New Fibre Art.
1994 Art in the Garden, Oddfellows Gallery, Kendal.
1995 Into the Garden, Rye Art Gallery.
1996 Fibre Art. On The Outside. Norton Priory, Runcorn.
1996 International Felt Association. Helmshore Textile Mill.
1996 Tarns and Waterfalls of Cumbria. Oddfellows Gallery, Kendal.
1999 Handwerkskammer fur Munchen und Obb
2000 Galleri Bryggen, Bergen
2002 Percy House Gallery Cockermouth
One man Exhibitions
1980 Abbot Hall Kendal. Paintings, Drawings and Felts.
1980 Carlisle Museum and Art Gallery. Paintings, Drawings and Felts.
1980 - 85 Sky Felts and studies, a growing exhibition: touring 11 galleries in England and 6 Scottish galleries
1985 Scott Gallery, Lancaster University. Sky Felts and New Felts.
1987 Abbot Hall, Kendal. Work on Paper, Work In Felt.
1988 Van Mildert College, Durham
1988 Trees & Sky. Lowes Court Gallery Egremont.
1988 Trees & Sky. Institute of Education London.
1989 A Softer Landscape. D.L.I. Museum & Arts Centre Durham
1989 Trees: drawings, watercolours and felts. Stafford Art Gallery.
1989 Trees: drawings, watercolours and felts. N.C.C.A. Sunderland.
1990 A Softer Landscape. Helena Thompson Museum, Workington.
1991 Felts and recent Commissions, Tullie House, Carlisle.
1992 Felts and Drawings. Gray Art Gallery Hartlepool
1993 Recent work. Oddfellows Gallery, Kendal.
1994 Felts and Drawings. Crewe and Alsager College Gallery.
1994 Linton Court Settle.
1996 Sea/Coast. Drawings. Paintings and Felts. Beacon, Whitehaven.
1996 Outside In. Felts, drawings and paintings. Brewery, Kendal.
1997 Linton Court, Settle.
1998 Shore-line of Cumbria. Sheridan Russell Gallery, Crawford St. London
1999 Shore-line and Reflections, Lights and Lustres. Oddfellows Kendal
1999 Felts & Paintings. Keswick Theatre
2000 Time and Place. Felts and drawings. Pendle Arts Centre Lancs
2003 Linton Court Settle, Yorkshire Felts, drawings and paintings
2005 Softer Landscape (Retrospective). Stranraer Museum & Art Gallery.
Bibliography
1981 Gallery (Tullie House Publication) article by Andy Christian
1981 Crafts Magazine. Issue no.51.
1982 Craft Quarterly, Autumn Issue no.5. article by Cordelia Oliver
1982 Presence’s of Nature. Words and Images of the Lake District.
1985 British Craft Textiles. Ann Sutton.
1991 Inspired to Stitch. Wendy Lees
1998 Crafts Magazine Issue no 155.article by Ruth Pavey
1999 Textileforum ETN 4/99 p22
2000 Feltmaking. Deborah McGavock & Christine Lewis
Public Collections
Abbot Hall Art Gallery. Carlisle Art Gallery. Paintings in Hospitals Victoria and Albert Museum.
Northumberland Library Services. Northern Arts Collections Savaria Museum, Hungary.
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. Paintings in Hospitals. (North)
Commissions
90-92 Murals (Nov. Oct & Sept) in egg tempera. L G Harris Brush Factory.
1990 Enamel Mural Heworth Metro Station Newcastle upon Tyne.
90-91 Felt Triptych Wall Hanging for Hastings Hospital.
1996 Two Enamel Murals for A.& E. Dept. Q.E.Hospital, Gateshead
1997 Private tempera wall painting. Bowness on Windermere.
2001 Felt Installation in Felt Trail Kalvag, Norway
2003 Sewerby Hall Gardens series of Felts for Bridlington Hospital
Northern Arts Awards.
1972, 74, 76, 78. 81, 84, 85, 87, 89, 96 Training award 1999 Travel 200036
Teaching
1966-68 Sheffield College of Art. Foundation.
1970-72 Carlisle College of Art.
1980-88 Occasional Lecturing. Colleges of Art: Carlisle, Loughborough,
Goldsmiths, Dundee, Alsager and Crewe, Nottingham. Workshops: Home Studio, Styal Mill, Hampton Court, Stafford
1989 Family Threads Blackie Gallery Liverpool Teaching 1966-68
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