Rod was born and raised in the West Midlands where he attended Wolverhampton Art College. He spent his working life teaching in Cheltenham and gained his Post-Graduate in Art from Birmingham. He has recently moved to Exeter where he continues passing on his knowledge and experience through workshops and tutorials in his studio. Rod’s painting is always evolving, not only in its subject matter but also through constant experimentation with media. He continues to work both on location where initial responses are recorded which later serve to feed larger and more considered studio work. At all times, he makes his work expressive both in interpretation of the subject, and in the application of whatever media or mixture of media that he uses.