He was educated at Birkenhead School and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and received a silver medal there.
[3] He exhibited paintings called Our Daily Bread and The Edge of the Bog at the Royal Academy in 1911, when his address was given as 12 Bedford Gardens, Kensington, London.
[4] His other addresses included Arun House at Clymping, West Sussex, and latterly Mudeford, Hampshire [3] where he died.
One of his paintings made at this time hangs in the Headquarters of the Inns of Court & City Yeomanry.
In addition to the RA, ROI, and London Sketch Club, he exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art and the Walker Gallery.