Born Bridgetown, WA, 1927. Trained as a secondary art teacher at Adelaide Teachers College and SA School of Art 1946-48. Art teacher, boys technical high schools; 1962, Lecturer, SA School of Art; 1978 Senior Lecturer, Painting and Drawing.

Essentially a landscape painter, he exhibits mostly in SA. In 2000, retrospective in conjunction with Fleurieu Biennale, curated Jan Hylton.