Born 1920, Maymyo, Burma, 1939-40 Slade School of Fine Art, 1945-47 Slade School of Fine Art, Died 1992 in France. Painter of abstracts and semi-abstracts in oils and acrylic; collagist and constructivist. As a prisoner of war he met and taught Terry Frost and in 1949 and 1951 visited St Ives where he met Ben Nicholson. In the early 1950s he was associated Pasmore.

He exhibited first at the Musee Carcassone, 1948, and from 1953 showed at the Redfern Gallery, London, as well as at other London gallerues, in the provinces and abroad. his work has been shown in may group exhibitions and is in national and international public collections including the Tate Gallery and the Hircshorn Gallery, Washington. He taught at Bath Academy of Art from 1955 to 1976, and at the University of Reading from 1980-5. In 1969 he was Artist in Residence, University of Sussex, and Senior Fellow, Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education, 1977-80

He died in 1992 in France.