I suppose you could say that my brothers and I were naturally arty. Our dad was very creative and we must have got that gene. 

I started drawing as soon as I could hold a pencil. 

I used to draw movie stars from the old Photoplay and Film Review magazines and copy comic book art by the likes of Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo, and the pulp art of Robert McGinnis in my teens. I can vividly remember my brother Robert and I, lying on our bedroom floor, with a selection of pencils and felt-tip pens between us, listening to movie soundtracks and drawing for hours and hours.

Art was the only subject I was good at and really enjoyed at school. However, I lacked confidence, mostly due to the teachers always comparing me with my brothers who were in the years before me. Teachers were really cruel back in the 70s. School was not a happy time for me at all.