He studied under local ceramic artist, George Hancock, and first devoted himself to flower-painting, but subsequently took to figure-painting, in which he was very successful.
Учился у местного художника по керамике, Джорджа Хэнкока, и сначала посвятил себя цветочной живописи, но затем вышел на фигурную живопись, в которой достиг успеха.