He studied at the University of Wollongong where he completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts. He has had regular solo exhibitions since 1988. He has been a finalist in the Archibald Prize numerous times, the Wynne Prize three times and the Sulman Prize four times and won the 2010 Paddington Art Prize for landscape. He is represented in Artbank, Wollongong Regional Art Gallery, Wollongong University collection, Olsen Irwin gallery and national and international private collections.