I studied for five years in total at art school in the 1970s, Graphic Design and Illustration. At Maidstone College of Art my tutors included Greenaway Medal-winning Gerald Rose and, by contrast, Brian Eno. I worked solely as a freelance illustrator for 15-20 years, across most areas of the field while gradually takin on part-time teaching alongside my practice, eventually taking on Course Leader role for BA Illustration.

I was always mystified as to why so little attention was given to children's book illustration and decided to design and take through validation the world's first MA Children's Book Illustration programme, which grew rapidly to a cohort of 180 students from around the world.

My driving force has been to widen awareness of the importance of illustration (especially authorial illustration) and drawing in the university context and in public perception, as an important academic and cultural field

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