Timeline

1956 - 1959

Studied painting at Middlesbrough College of Art

1958

First visit to Paris for the opening of the Unesco Building and the inaugural exhibition

1960 - 1962

Studied painting under William Coldstream and etching under Anthony Gross at the Slade School, London

1962

Made first woodcut prints in Edinburgh.

Awarded French Government Scholarship to study gravure under William Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris

1963

Returned to London and married Judith Jackson. Started part-time work at Chelsea School of Art, London (until 1970). Taught etching at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham (until 1972)

1966

Moved to Parsons Green studio. Built an etching press and made first series of coloured prints and constructed paintings

1967

Daughter Kim born

1968

Son York born

1970 - 1973

Worked in the Foundation Department of Watford School of Art

1973

Stopped regular art school teaching

Moved to London Bridge Studio

Started work on illustrations for ‘A Rebours’ by J.K. Huysman

Spent the summer in Verona working on his first ‘Hotel Room’ watercolours

1974

First visit to New York for the opening of his first one-man exhibition there

Also visited Los Angeles

1975 - 1976

Moved to Providence Rhode Island, USA as visiting Professor at Brown University

1975

Travelled to Utrecht for his first Dutch exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art

1977

Spent time working in Sweden prior to his Gothenburg exhibition

1978

Moved to Wiltshire and started to work on the first mesh paintings

1980

Returned to live and work in North Yorkshire

Travelled to the Simpson Desert. Painted the Open Mesh canvases. Travelled through France, Switzerland and Italy, ‘The First Grand Tour’ working in watercolours

1981 - 1982

Appointed artist-in-residence at Melbourne University, Australia

1984

Travelled extensively throughout South Western America making watercolours. Worked on the Bridge Mesh paintings and the Esk Bridge series of etchings

1987

Moved to Westwood Studios in North Yorkshire

1989

Showed the first Westwood Paintings. Began to work on ceramic project at Fulham Pottery

1990

Invited by Mixographia to work in Los Angeles on large scale relief prints. Travelled through California and Arizona

1992

Trip to Ireland to make watercolours of the Lake Isle of Innisfree

1993

Visited Pennsylvania to make a series of watercolours based on Frank Lloyd Wright house “Falling Water”.

Also visited Cooperstown, Lake Otsego and the James Fenimore Cooper collection of Native American artifacts

1994

Travelled in Italy visiting Florence, Ravenna and Mantua. Worked on the Blackhaven Paintings

1995 - 1996

Worked on the Fluxion Paintings

1996 - 1999

Working and living in North Yorkshire

1997

Spent six months living and working in Paris. Paris interiors series

1998

Short-listed for the Jerwood Prize

2000

Publication of “Against the Grain” a major monograph by Norbert Lynton. Started the ‘Encounters’ series

2001

Travelled to the Sates for 6 weeks. Continues work on the ‘Encounters’ series

2002

Travelled to Ireland, worked on a series of watercolours as part of the‘Hardware: Variations on the theme of Encounter’ group of works. Finishes ‘Encounter’ series

2003

Travelled to Tobago, worked on the watercolour series ‘In the South’

Museum of Contemporary Art, friedrickstad, Norway

Museum of Contemporary Art, Utrecht, Holland

Museum of Modern Art, New York

N.A.S.A., USA

Northern Arts Association

Norwich City Art Gallery

Southern Arts Association

Southampton University

The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

The British Council

The mellon Bank, london

The Tate Gallery, london

Reading University

Museum of Contemporary Art, Varsovie, Poland

Milton Keynes Development Corporation

Museum of Art, Lodz, Poland

Middlesbrough Art Gallery

Melbourne University, Australia

Manchester City Art GAllery

Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas

Federal Savings Bank, Los Angeles

Brooklyn Art Museum, New York

Broadgate Centre, London

Bradford City Art GAllery

Boston Museum of Art

Bank of America

Arts Council of Great britain

Collections

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Museum of Art,Varsovie, Poland

Westminster Bank, London