| Born London, 1952 |
| 1970-73 |
BA in English Literature, Magdalen College, Oxford. |
| 1973-74 |
City & Guilds of London Art School |
| from 1974 |
taking commissions for portraits, landscapes, architectural views, pub signs, murals, book illustrations etc |
| from 1990 |
writing about painting for Modern Painters, TLS, LRB, NYRB, etc |
| 1997-2001 |
tutor at Goldsmiths College, London |
| 1999-2008 |
tutor at City & Guilds of London Art School |
| 2004-2007 |
working on Mirror of the World: A New History of Art, published by Thames & Hudson in October 2007 |
