Born Birmingham, UK. 1936.
Studied painting, drawing, and lithography at Stourbridge School of Art, 1952-1956.( awarded National Diploma in Design)
Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, 1956,1957,1958 . ( awarded University of London Diploma in Fine Art) .
Student of William Coldstream , Claude Rogers, Lucian Freud and Ernst Gombrich. Also attended Courtauld Institute of Art history with Anthony Blunt and Douglas Cooper.
Studied Art Education at Birmingham University, 1960-1961., ( Art Teachers Diploma).
Lecturer, Liverpool College of Art 1961-1965. (teaching drawing and painting).
Principal lecturer and head of school, University of Manchester Colleges of
Education division, Padgate College of Education (1965-1975).
Australian National University, Visiting Fellow, Humanities Research Centre, Canberra, 1975.
1978, Awarded Master of Education of University of Manchester.
Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia.
Dean of School of Visual Art., Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth. 1991-2001
Ph.D awarded by University of Adelaide, 1992.
2001-2003 visiting lecturer at various Canadian and American Universities.
Adjunct Professor, Curtin University of Technology, 2001-2004.
2003 and 2004, Professor at James Cook University, Townsville teaching painting and art history |
