In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s I was a student at Croydon Art College and then, after National Service, I studied at the Royal College of Art. I have been in the commercial art business ever since. Prior to becoming a freelance artist in the mid 1970’s, I was an Art Director at J Walter Thompson and Davidson Pearce Advertising agencies. Then I worked as a partner in a creative consultancy, Best and English. All through my advertising career I have been drawing cartoons and now I am a full-time cartoonist for magazines, caricatures, advertising, story-books and general publishing. I have a passion for woodcuts. I did my first when I was 18 but because of work commitments I was unable to do any until recently. I love blues music and feel that the woodcut medium perfectly illustrates the rawness, simplicity and the nitty-gritty of the blues.