MORTON

I was born in Darlington and have enjoyed painting since childhood. On leaving school, I worked for 28 years at NatWest Bank and then took Voluntary Redundancy. This gave me more time to develop my art work. I served as Hon. Secretary of Darlington Society of Arts from 1977 to 2007, painting outdoors with the group and attending painting holidays. In 1996 (after leaving the Bank) I first attempted painting miniatures, using stippled watercolour on the plastic ground of Ivorine or Polymin. The different technique took some time to master, but in 2003 to my amazement I started winning awards, including the Royal Miniature Society's Gold Memorial Bowl in 2005, and the Prince of Wales Award for Outstanding Miniature Painting in 2013.

Primary location: Darlington United Kingdom