He studied at London's Slade School of Fine Art and has exhibited in London, Liverpool, Paris and Berlin.

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Born in Dundee, he served in World War II and later studied at Slade School of Fine Art before relocating to Paris.

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Instead, a meandering path led to art school a few years later at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and then to Skowhegan in Maine.

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