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