Brian was born in Bristol in 1935, where he studied first at Filton
Avenue Primary School, before winning a place at Fairfield Grammar School
in the city.
At the age of fifteen, he took part in an entrance exam for
the Royal West of England College of Art, a branch of Bristol University,
which he passed and was excepted for their course in Graphic Design. On
completion of the course he obtained a position as an apprentice with the
large Bristol Company of ES & A Robinson Ltd, manufacturers of all
types of packaging materials.
Some years later, after completing his apprenticeship and
also serving in the RAF for two years, Brian was transferred by Robinson’s
to the new establishment they had purchased in Auckland, New Zealand, taking
with him his new wife Jacqui. They spent five happy tears in New Zealand,
before returning to Bristol for family reasons, and it was then that Brian
started working for a Bath advertising agency, RW Trowbridge & Partners
as a designer, illustrator and photographic retoucher, a position he held
for five years until 1969 when he left to start his own business, also
in Bath.
During the eighteen years he operated the business he produced
a wide range of work including all the types he had produced for Trowbridge’s,
plus exhibition design, photography, photographic processing and copy-writing.
In 1987, after having visited there in 1986, Brian and Jacqui
decided to cease trading in Bath and move to Australia, where they have
lived ever since. During this time Brian worked for an advertising agency
and a design studio, both in Melbourne, until he retired from regular work
in 1996, at which time he and his wife moved to the small Gippsland
town of Yarram. He later became a councillor, and is involved in community
affairs.
Since retirement, Brian has managed to keep himself almost more busy
than when he was working – writing many articles for magazines and journals
as well as painting, mainly in acrylics, producing a wide range of works
including landscapes, portraits and abstracts. He has exhibited,
and sold works in England, New Zealand and Australia.
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