Biography
Working in the Midlands, where I grew up. Previous liaisons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, pirate radio, local news and celebrity weddings*. Rooftop studio surrounded by factories. Ink and nibs, piles of sketchbooks, Mac and Wacom, right-hand man Leigh and lots of tea. Bowl of fruit and nuts every day. Words and pictures all day. Frighteningly pro-active agent in NYC, 16-hour days, deadlines coming out of my ears.
I
LOVE colouring-in for a living!

I've also worked a lot in education:
As visiting tutor

Edinburgh College of Art
Occasional visiting tutor
School of Illustration
School of Graphic Design

Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
Occasional visiting tutor
School of Illustration
Self-promotion and forward planning

Stafford College, 1994-8
HND/Foundation Vis. Communication

Youth Arts Worker and Responsible Leader (part-time)
Lutterworth Community College, Leicestershire, 1995 - 1998


Seminars and demonstrations:

Association of Illustrators
Apple Store London's 'Made On A Mac' series
MacExpo | Wacom Demonstrations |


Past teaching work

Illustration Tutor (part-time)
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design
University of Central England, Birmingham 2000-2004 | BA Visual Communication

Course Leader (part-time)
North Warwickshire & Hinckley College, Warwickshire 1997-8
HND Visual Communication

Illustration Tutor (part-time)
North Warwickshire & Hinckley College, Warwickshire 1993-7
HND Visual Communication

Graphic Design Tutor (part-time)
North Warwickshire & Hinckley College, Warwickshire 1993-7
ND Visual Communcation

Graphic Design Tutor (part-time)
North Warwickshire & Hinckley College, Warwickshire 1993-7
ND Audio-Visual Studies

Stafford College, 1994-8
HND/Foundation Vis. Communication


Past workshops

Co-writing and delivery of study workshops for GCSE and A Level students studying art and literature, 1995/6

The Angrians
Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth
Children’s Workshop to introduce young members of the Angrian Society to the lives and work of the Brontes, 1997

3D Illustration
Kingswood School, Corby
Workshops for GCSE / A Level students studying Theatre Design and Art

'The Art of the CV'
Portfolio Design Course

Leicester 1997
For people setting up creative businesses

*names divulged only to the very trusted few, and you have to take the Mole Oath of Buried Knowledge first, which involves dark rooms and dollies.

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