For the first seven years after the Second World War I lived in Denmark where I worked as a decorator of porcelain and studied art at the Royal Academy for Fine Art in Copenhagen. Later I also obtained the Diploma for Teachers of Art. In 1952 I arrived in Edinburgh and continued my studies at the Edinburgh College of Art where I graduated, and after post-graduate studies and travelling scholarships to France, Italy and Denmark I completed my studies in sculpture in 1960.

In 1966 I spent a year in teacher-training at Moray House College of Education in Edinburgh for a Secondary School Teacher's Certificate. For the next twenty years I was a teacher of art, mainly at Portobello High School, Portobello near Edinburgh. At the same time I taught art to adults and gave a series of lectures for the Scottish Arts Council. However, I never gave up my own sculpture! Teaching, building, sculpting and planting has, for many years, remained the pattern of my life.

I have done this always in my own way, ignoring trends and fashions. Each sculptural work is individual, original and different. I believe that simplicity is the greatest of all, and the most difficult to achieve : the most characteristic of all great art is the simplicity of its expression and execution. No sophisticated decoration or shock impact can mask emptiness!