1958 - attended the Perse School, Cambridge. 1968 - attended the Cambridge Art Course, Foundation Course. 1973 - attained a BA Hons Graphics from Kingston on Thames School of Art. 1974 - worked at IPC Business Press as the Senior Editorial Artist. 1977 - left IPC to work freelance. 2003 - did a stint with 15 (UK) Psyops in Iraq. 2011 - attained an MA in Children's Book Illustration from Anglia Ruskin University.