Born in the leafy outskirts of Manchester, Anthony decided after 3 weeks that it was time to move on. The early years were spent in the even leafier outskirts of Harrogate and possibly the magnificent Yorkshire countryside planted the seed of his passion for landscape painting. Ten years at Clifton College elevated Bristol into his adopted home city. Prior to his teenage years he had seen his first Eric Craddy original, as well as hearing from his art master of an eminent local society called the Bristol Savages. School days were spent in the golden age of British cartooning and as a compulsive drawer since infancy, roughs were soon submitted to Punch. Russell Brockbank the Art Editor offered kindly words of advice but as these were always offered on the back of rejection slips, possibly he was being guided to a “proper job. Business life took him all over the UK but left time for his fascination for the visual arts, particularly landscape painting. Some years later as a lecturer at a management college he had further opportunities to explore and paint in the Oxfordshire uplands. His love of both painting and sculpture came together when in the 1970s he visited Florence for the first time to see the Henry Moore retrospective exhibition. His painting in homage to the great man found its way on to the walls of the RWA and other exhibiting opportunities were vigorously pursued.. The irresistible call of Venice has made the Serenissima the destination of choice many times over the past decades. The city, just made for painters, increasingly dominates his portfolio. Seizing an unexpected opportunity to return permanently to his beloved home city, an invitation to paint with artists of the Bristol Savages followed within a matter of months and he was duly elected an artist member. Eric Craddy was then still a regular supporter and was amused to learn that one of his earlier works had inspired the new artist to take up painting all those years before. My most treasured possession is Anthony`s description of the small red feather that the other artists bestowed upon him by way of welcome. Four years later he led the Tribe into the new Millennium as their President. (A.N.C.)