I have been a professional illustrator for 20 years. Before that I was an art student, train guard, arts admnistrator and band manager (I have the scars). As an illustrator I have mostly worked for magazines and newspapers in the UK.
I work mainly in pen ink and watercolour. My style of work is figurative, tending towards cartoon and caricature with wit and humour. I do political cartoons. I also paint portraits
As this is a biography I should like you to know that I live with my wife by the sea. I have two daughters and one granddaughter. I have a dog, two cats and a number of chickens. I have an old wooden yacht called Tina, I like playing tennis and going to the pub.
The last piece of music I bought was Gill Scott Heron. The current book am reading is "Shoalwater and Fairway" by H Alker Tripp a sailing classic published in 1952. My favourite film director is probably Robert Altman. My favoutite artists (past): Tenniel, Gilray, Spencer, Burra, Grosz, Lear, Daumier, van Goch, Levine and (present) Slater, Till, Otto, Searle, Low, Dave Brown well there are hundreds.
Freelance Illustrator UK, Illustration Simon Farr
The Guardian, The Sunday Times, EasyJet, Times Supplements and many othere magazines.
