Painter, born in Adelaide, South Australia, who had no formal training. After World War II he began to paint seriously and eventually established a reputation as an abstract and a figurative artist. For about 15 years he worked and showed in Europe, based in London, but from 1964 lived in Sydney, although in 1978 he revisited London and continental Europe and visited New York. Exhibited widely, especially in Australia, where in 1949 he had a one-man show at John Martin’s Gallery, Adelaide. In England showed in the 1950s and 1960s at Redfern Gallery, also at Stone Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne. Had a retrospective show at Bonython-Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide, in 1986. Tate Gallery holds a self-portrait drawing, Ferens Art Gallery in Hull and Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne also holding examples.