I trained at Charles H Cecil Studios in Florence, a fine art school modelled on the ateliers of 19th Century Paris. There, over a period of three years, I studied portrait and figurative drawing and sculpting using the 'sight-size' technique.

Once back in the UK I opened my studio in Ely and began accepting portrait commissions in both charcoal and clay. During this period I was appointed Artist in Residence at the Kings' School, Ely. Following this, I worked for a time in an artists' foundry to better understand the processes and practicalities of lost wax casting for bronze, and used this technical knowledge to inform my own work in bronze.

Over the last fifteen years, attracted by the different visual challenge it presents, I have painted in oil. I returned to Florence for short periods in 2009 and 2010 to develop my painting technique and now work from my home studio in York.