The British artist, Ian Gaskell, was born in Stretford, Manchester, in 1948 and lived in Bury and then Walkden until age 14. In 1962 he moved to Wigan but went to Bolton School. On leaving school he became a mine surveyor and worked at several Lancashire collieries. In 1986 he moved to Shropshire and worked as Colliery Surveyor for a number of private coal mines near Newcastle-under-Lyme until the last one closed around 2000.

Exhibitions

Building Design Partnership Gallery, Preston (1970)
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh (May 1973)
Octagon Theatre, Bolton (ca. 1976)
Portico Library, Manchester (May 1983)
The Gallery, Manchester Arthouse, Manchester (May 2004)

Websites

* iangaskell.com
* Manchester Art House

Biography courtesy of the brilliant Wikipedia!