My art career began in 1935 at the Nova Scotia College of Art as it was then called and it was headed by an eccentric English lady whose name was Elizabeth Styring Nutt, so naturally she was known as Miss Art of the nut school! From there I progressed to the Ipswich School of Arts and Crafts in Ipswich England. Sometime around 1940 1 transferred to the Chestor Studios, a commercial establishment in London, specializing in commercial photography and catalogue illustration and that was the last of any formal training in art for me, except for a short stint at the Chelmsford Polytechnic School in Chelmsford England. The rest was all sweat equity and learning by the many mistakes I have made. As the Second World War was then raging my next step was into the RAF where I served in an aerodrome defense unit in the Far East returning to Canada in 1948. In my home country I drifted into and out of many positions on the fringes of the world of art, such as window display, sign painting, television graphics etc., always adding to my skills and knowledge, so after many years and many tears I have "landed" in Sussex where I dispense a great fund of expertise to any who wish to tap into it.