I am a mannequin make-up artist and all purpose painter of inanimate objects in shop window displays, exhibitions and sometimes museums and shows.

In my spare time I try and do the other stuff that I would have liked to have had more of in my working life! The painting, drawing and photography.

I have worked as a portrait artist, mural painter, caricaturist, photographer and craftperson. All of these have made money to some extent, but never consistently. I particularly like photography, messing around with photos and designing things for commission. I love experimenting with collage. Something I would like to do more of with photography.

I eat a lot of ice cream, read, browse, watch tv and when I'm not doing any of the above I have grand ambitions to change the world using words and polemic alone. Yes, I like a 'debate'!

I have a Facebook page that is in dire need of 'likes' so if you've got this far please go and give it some love. You'll like it if you like mannequins. It's full of them.

I have a website which is currently down for tansformation purposes.

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