Residential workshop organised at Bawdsey Manor, Suffolk

Requested to run workshops for Essex County Council - Marsh Farm location

Reviewed art holidays in Lott Gorge region of France

"Art of Course Ltd" ceased trading due to little take up of workshops offered

Demonstrations extended to Kent and Hertfordshire counties - by invitation   

Appointed art tutor for "Breakaway to Bearne" one of several activity tutors working near Pau in southern France

Joined Southend Art Society

Reviewed tutoring art holiday for Andalucian Adventures in Spain

Appointed art tutor for "Bellasardinia" one of three tutors working on the Italian Island

One man exhibition in Southend on Sea to raise funds for Relate

Became promoter for Society for All Artists

Appointed tutor to Doddinghurst Art Group

Developed and implemented acrylics workshops

Appointed art tutor for "Art of Course Ltd" one of 20 tutors doing workshops across East Anglia

Invited to carry out workshops for Southend Art Group and Boreham Art Circle

Developed and implemented drawing and perspective workshops

Demonstrations for Essex based art groups well established

Further one-day pastel workshops across Essex

Workshop "Towards Abstraction" in pastel at a school in Writtle, Essex

Developed and implemented watercolour workshops

Invited to carry out full day pastel workshop for Essex Art Group

Applied to become a promoter for the Society of All Artists - art materials and membership

Selected for Essex Open, Beecroft Gallery, Westcliffe - on - Sea

First large-scale commission completed for a restaurant.  One large pastel, framed measuring 6 feet by 3 feet plus several sketches

Developed and implemented one-day pastel workshops in Ilford and Brentwood

Commenced review of teaching overseas for summer Art holidays

Developed workshops for local schools

Commenced teaching Aldborough Hatch Art Group

Developed one-to-one workshops in studio

Established permanent one-man gallery in Courtyard Restaurant, Chelmsford, Essex (sadly sold in June 2006)

Joined Artclimbers, East Anglian based art company, web pages and art fairs followed

Applied for and accepted onto Essex County Council Database of Artists

Commenced development of own web site - links with many of the institutions listed above

Finalist in Society for All Artists Annual Exhibition, selected from 3000 entries worldwide.  Work displayed at Artists and Illustrators Art Fair, Islington, London

New, independent purpose-built studio completed latter part of year

Founder member of Society for Painting of Rural England

Founder member and eventually appointed Project Manager for the establishment of an "Essex Gallery" - potentially a multi-million pound project to establish a new icon gallery for the arts in Essex

Won first major art prize

Made redundant from City of London, decided to retire and take up art professionally

various tutorials with professional artists through membership of Brentwood Art Society – e.g. Carolyn White, Debra Manifold, Michael Kennedy & Gillian Anderson

Member of Brentwood Art Society

Member of Society for All Artists

Adult Education Evening class course to revisit basics of colour theory, composition and varying media, especially water-colour and pastel leads to greater commitment to painting

Various works, mainly oils, some commissions from employment with Robert Fleming Holdings – then owners of the largest private collection of Scottish Art

Fine Art ‘A’ Level – Ilford County High Grammar School, Essex

Fine Art ‘O’ Level - Ilford County High Grammar School, Essex