Illustrator, born Richard James Hart on the Isle-of-Sheppey, Kent, where his childhood was spent. He began to study art as a fourteen-year old, first at the Rochester School of Art for five years, and then at the Royal Academy Schools. After a period of two years with the Royal Air Force during WWII, he entered the Royal College of Art, winning the College drawing prize for on successive years. From the RCA he was awarded a scholarship to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Since 1946 he has taught in various art schools in England and has also worked seriously as a painter and graphic designer. In 1950 he was awarded the first prize for the finest book design of a special edition of Bernard Shaw's 'Saint Joan', which was exhibited at the Festival of Britain Exhibition in 1951. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Regent Street Polytechnic, in 1956.