Born in Llangefni, Anglesey, 1918. Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Member of the Royal Academy. Elected to RCA 1963. President 1969-1977 and 1992 - present day. "I was lucky in that I was born into a landscape so beautiful I had no need to go elsewhere. There was never any question of what I should paint”. Exhibits biennially at the Albany Gallery, Cardiff and the Thackeray Gallery, London. Publications:‘Across the Straits’;‘A Wider Sky’;‘Portraits’;‘The Land and the Sea’ and ‘Drawings’. All published by Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion.