Year of Birth: 1968 Birthplace: Kwa-Natal, South Africa Residence: Volterra, Italy and Adorp, The Netherlands

Secondary Education: Johannesburg School of Art, Ballet, Drama & Music, 1983-1986 Higher Education: University: Rhodes University, Grahamstown 1987-1990 Degree: Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) Major Subjects: History of Art and Sculpture Distinctions: Basic Art and Sculpture Awards and Prizes: 1) 2 Rhodes University Bursaries 2) Eastern Province Society of Fine Art Eisteddfod, 1992. Awarded Floating Trophy for best work in the Figure Drawing category

Professional Career: – Art tuition to private students, 1991 & 2016 – Lectured at Eastside Technical College, Johannesburg. Sculpture and Drawing, June – December 1994 – Operated own Picture Framing business, 1992-1997 – Study sabbatical at Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, October – November 1999 – Painting full-time since 1997 – Painting lecturer at Kunstacademie Friesland, Leeuwarden. 2015 – present – Participated in Dutch TV programme on portrait painting “Sterren op het Doek” with a portrait of the Dutch author Adriaan van Dis.

Commissions: – 34 portraits between1997 and 2021 – Five paintings for Homeopathic Doctor Harry van der Zee’s book “Miasms in Labour”, 1999