Karl was born and raised in Nottingham, UK and has been working in the illustration and art world for over 20 years. Largely self-taught he worked for games workshop in-house until going freelance in 2005; since then he has worked with a large variety of clients including Peter Jackson, Sir Paul Smith, Hasbro, Ubisoft, Aboud Creative, Sixmorevodka, Wizards of the coast, Massive Black, Moving Picture Company, Coolminiornot, to name but a few.

He is also a keen portraitist and has undertaken commissions for numerous clients including a portrait of Sir Paul Smith which was featured in his recent book "Hello my name is Paul Smith".

In collaboration with Sir Paul Smith, he had his first solo show in London. This year has had solo exhibition in both Lucca and Florence in celebration of the giro d’italia and the Tour de France which included 8 paintings commissioned by Sir Mark Cavendish.

He still resides in Nottingham with my wife, two children, and dog.