KEITH SLATER - ARTIST

My earliest recollections of being able to draw, were at age 5-6. As was common in those days children in school were given paper and charcoal to play with. The school was having some extension work completed and so just outside the window were builders with JCB and dumper trucks... Other children were doing the usual matchstick men and I apparently drew a complete rendition of the site in three dimensions. This caused a stir with the teachers as I remember them remarking on the work. It hung in the school refectory with my age and name just below for some years... So with the above in mind everyone thought I would have a career in Art, however, pragmatism and a certain logic indicated that it was extremely precarious endeavour to pursue as a career. I studied Engineering and spent 4 years at College. It seemed to satisfy a deep desire to understand how things worked and has provided me with a reasonable living.

Primary location: United Kingdom