Gary was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1963.

He studied Fine Art at Maidstone College of Art, specialising in Printmaking and Photography.

Since graduating in 1987, Gary has continued to develop his work and exhibited in numerous group shows in the UK. He has also had work shown on a television arts programme.

Gary is currently employed as Chief Technician in the Creative Arts department of a West London College.

'The inspiration for my work often comes from books, photographs and other printed material such as maps and instruction manuals. Sometimes I construct pictures or sculptures based on a particularly memorable dream.

From these sources I select images that appeal to me and juxtapose them in a way that produces something visually interesting. I then experiment with taking the resulting composition into different media (painting, print, sculpture etc) in a way that compliments the image.

To make the pieces I often use non-traditional art materials, such as etched aluminium, plywood, cardboard and plastic. Also a lot of the materials I use are found objects and recycled junk. This gives my work a distinctive home-made, low-tech quality.

Exploring a fascination with technology, my current work is inspired by air and spacecraft interiors. My toy-like interactive instrument panels invite the viewer to play with imaginary machines.

When I am asked why I make my art I explain that essentially I am fascinated by the whole creative process - playing with ideas, making models, experimenting with mixed media, solving visual problems and the physical act of making something unique and thought-provoking.'