Born in Bristol 1936. His father Tom was an accountant. He was also a fine artist and a church organist and continued playing until the age of 95. Patrick was educated at Bristol Cathedral School, 1947-1953. He attended an RIBA part-time course at the Merchant Venturers' College whilst working at Burrough and Hannam Chartered Architects. He completed a diploma course at the Royal West of England College's School of Architecture in 1960, and joined E S & A Robinson, designing commercial buildings in Kent and Bristol.

He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Architectural Illustration in 1975, specialising in perspective work. His main interest is in line and watercolour and his subjects are mainly townscape and marine. He has had pictures accepted at open exhibitions at the RWA since 1962, the RSMA since 1965 and the RI since 1982 where he won the Llewellyn-Alexander Prize in 2001 and was a Laing Calendar prizewinner. He has had one-man shows and contributed to group exhibitions in Bristol and London. He has also produced drawings for technical books on building construction and illustrations for Bristol City Council’s book “Ideas for the City”.