Nasceu em Newcastle, Inglaterra. 1953-55: Academia Militar, Sandhurst. 1955-60: Tenente, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. 1960-64: St. Martin's School of Art, Londres. 1963: Visita Nova Iorque e trabalha para Robert Indiana. Primeira exposição individual, Municipal Art Gallery, Newcastle, Inglaterra. Young Contemporaries, RBA Galleries, Londres. 1964: ICA, Londres. Primeira exposição individual nos Estados Unidos: Richard Feigen Gallery, Nova Iorque; Feigen/Palmer, Los Angeles. Contemporary British Painting and Sculpture, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo. 1964-69: Reside em Nova Iorque. 1965: Richard Feigen Gallery, Nova Iorque; Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago. 1966: Artista residente, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, Colorado. Kornblee Gallery, Nova Iorque (com Peter Phillips). New Forms of Shapes and Colour, Stedelijk. 1967-75: Reside na Escócia. 1968: Prospect 68, Kunstverein, Düsseldorf. 1969: Gallery M.E.Thelen, Essen; Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. 1970: Richard DeMarco Gallery, Edimburgo. 1971: Multiples Gallery, Nova Iorque; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edimburgo; Cincinnati Center for Contemporary Art; Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. 1973: Tooth's Gallery, Londres; Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 1975: Reside em Amagansett, Long Island. 1976-77: Professor convidado, Departamento de Arte, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. 1977: Max Hutchinson Gallery, Nova Iorque. 1978: Regressa à Escócia. 1980: Scottish Gallery, Edimburgo. 1981: Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida. 1982: Bacardi Gallery, Miami, Florida. 1983: Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry.