Robin was born in Leamington Spa in the UK. Since retiring from a lifetime of installing and designing Electrical Installations for buildings both in the UK and around the world, he has been able to spend more time painting and writing. A hobby he never really had enough time to spend on when he was working. In the past 18 years he has written ten poems painted several pictures and also illustrated a book for the American author Leslie. He and his partner Anne have now been together 44 years and live near the City of Bristol in Somerset.