He likes to allow the character of the painterly medium and the application of the material with brushes, fingers or knife, to dictate the process. Qualifications and training2009 The Successive Deaths of Painting (PhD thesis), Lancaster University, Lancaster UKGroup exhibitions2010 The Art Tour, The Hearth studios, Horsley, NorthumberlandPublications2010 international Journal of Art and Design Education Volume 30 No2 (pp307-317) What Teachers can Learn from the Practice of Artists2009 Journal of Visual Arts practice Volume 8 No 3 (pp181-193) Francis Bacon and the Practice of Painting2007 Journal of Visual Arts Practice Volume 6 No 3 (pp201-213) Articulating the Tacit Dimension in Artmaking2004 international Journal of Art and Design Education Volume 23 No3 (pp316-325)The Importance of Painting in Pedagogic Practice