1938

Born Leeds

1956-61

Leeds College of Art

1961-64

Royal College of Art, London

1988

Elected Royal Academician

1994

Appointed Professor of Etching, University of the Arts

2000

Elected Senior Fellow, Royal College of Art

2007

Awarded a C.B.E. for Services to Engraving and printing

Selected Public Collections

  • Albertina Museum, Vienna
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Arts Council of Great Britain
  • British Council
  • British Museum, London
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
  • Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
  • National Gallery of Canada
  • National Gallery of Norway
  • National Gallery of Scotland
  • National Gallery of South Africa
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  • The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle
  • Stedelijk, Amsterdam
  • Tate Gallery, London
  • Utah Museum of Fine Art
  • and numerous museums and art galleries in the United Kingdom

Mural Commissions

1986

West Indian Cultural Centre, Haringay, London

1990

Lloyds Bank Technology Centre‚ Mural for Entrance Lobby, Park Street, London SE1

1991

Tetrapak, Heathrow

1992

Freshfields, Fleet Street, London EC4

1993

British Airways, Birmingham International Airport – Eurohub

2000

Internal Mural – The Great Hall, British Embassy, Moscow

2003

20 External Images – Lazard, Stratton Street, London W1

2008

An External Mural – Great Portland Estates, Wells / Mortimer Street, London W1

2010

Galapagos, An external mural for the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge for the Study of Plant Development, architects Stanton-Williams