Born in Weimar, Germany. Studied at the Art Academy Augsburg 1963–67 and graduated with Honours. Arrived in Sydney in 1970. Returned to Europe in 1973, travelled extensively and exhibited in Munich and Augsburg, Germany. Returned to Sydney in 1975; studied etching at the Willoughby Art Centre. Has held numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1974. Has participated in major group exhibitions in Germany, Australia and USA. These included the Grosse Kunst Ausstellung Munich in 1983 and1984, the Wynne Prize and Archibald Prize in Australia and at the New Century Gallery in New York in 2000. His portraits of Actor Garry McDonald and Author Thomas Keneally were exhibited in the Archibald Prize. A large drawing of Professor Peter Pinson was exhibited in the Dobell Prize for Drawing 2003 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Represented in National Portrait Gallery Canberra with the painting of Author Thomas Keneally and in numerous private collections in Australia, America, England