From an early age in the UK, I liked to dabble in drawing and painting, but ended up doing science subjects at high school, and then an engineering degree at university. However it was not until I moved to Bunbury in the 1990s that I attended my first art class at the BRAG. After a gap of about 15 years, and approaching retirement, I again started going to art class at the Skeggs art studio in Bunbury. Painting in acrylics and oils has become an important part of my life in recent years.