An early member of the St. Ives School, he was born in Sheffield and studied art at the Sheffield School of Art under Henry Archer and J. T. Cook from 1880.  He exhibited in London, including at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters and in the provinces.

Much of his working life was spent in St. Ives and St. Ives itself was the inspiration for much of his work.  He was a member of the St. Ives Society of Artists.