Born in Hurstville NSW 1924.No formal art training,Left school at fourteen and began to educate himself:At the outbreak of World War II He joined the RAAF.On his return to Australia he took up factory and labouring jobs and for the next ten years mostly painted at weekends:He sold his first painting to the National Gallery of Victoria in 1956 and three years later he became a full time artist.He visited UK in 1972-73.First significant exhibition was at the Museum of Modern Art ,Melbourne 1956,This was followed by many one-man shows in Melbourne ,Brisbane and Holdsworth Galleries,Sydney.His work has been included in many overseas exhibitions including The Whitechapel and the Tate Galleries in London,and the Mertz Collection Washington in 1967.AWARDS :Clint Prize 1954,Tumut Prize 1959,Runner Up in the Blake Prize 1965,Shared Grand Prize in Mirror-Waratah Competition 1966,Gold Coast Prize ,QLD 1975. REPRESENTED:The National Collection,Canberra;Mertz Collection USA;Australian State and Regional Galleries;Melbourne University Collection;Museum of Modern Art and Design,Melbourne;Commonwealth Collection Metropolitan Museum,New York;Many private collections in Australia and overseas.