The Artist graduated from the Manchester Regional College

of Art in 1973 with a B.A. in Three Dimensional design; with a

B.Sc.(Univ. Leeds) in Physics and Astronomy in 1980, an

M.Sc.(Univ. Manchester) in 1981and a Ph.D.(Univ. Ctl. Lancs.)

followed in 1986. He taught for 4 years in a School of Art and

Design in the 1970's and has since followed a somewhat varied

career calling on the experiences gained from a background in

both the Arts and Sciences. This has led to a colourful approach

in his current work which has finally borne fruit after germinating

in the mind for a number of years

These series of works have finally been made possible by

becoming fully conversant with the many facilities of Photoshop, Lightroom

Paint Shop Pro and having access to a variety of

multi-media resources. Much of the imagery comes from

the artists own personal drawings over a number of years and

is keenly influenced by traditional Fetish/Fantasy Imagery. Each

image consists of scanned drawings or photographs taken whilst

out and about seeking inspiration or whilst listening to music.

All resource material is subsequently manipulated in PhotoShop.

Influences come from images from a wide variety of sources,

from experiences in life, by the traditional drawings of Eneg,

Jim, Allen Jones, Stanton and the current trends of the new

graphic artists such as Giger, Steve Stone and Kathy Hamon

and David Ho as exemplified in Computer Arts & MAC Art and

Design (see Issue#23). All this is leading to a new exciting era

in sensual experience which together with the now well established

dance-music craze (thanks to Seb Fontaine, Danny Rampling,

Judge Jools and Pete Tong amongst others) produces an environment

rich in lively and exciting source material.

An AMD 3.2GHz Phenom II Quad Processor, 1 & 2 x half Tera-byte, SATA disks,

12Gby lightning fast RAM,

Wacom graphics tablet, 2 dual layer DVD drives,

a new NVIDIA GeForce GT220 graphics card supporting

twin Benq Landscape TFT displays, an Epson R2880 A3 Roll &

WF3520 printers, a WACOM ArtzII 12x12 has been invaluable

and a new Canon EOS5D Mark II Camera and associated equipment.

The latter has already made a huge impact on the

Photographic side of my work...

All these and more help to make the system fast enough not to despair!!

A broadband connection as made interacting with the Net a dream...

This along with a broad and ever changing outlook onto a new and

exciting world all makes for an interesting and vibrant future....

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