Mick Manning (b 1959) grew up in Haworth, Yorkshire. He studied at the Royal College of Art and later became Course Leader in Illustration at The Glasgow School of Art 1990-98 where his alumni included Mark Hearld. Mick, divides his time between the Scottish Borders and Sweden where wildlife encounters, fishing trips and chance finds inform his work. He exhibits at www.openeyegallery.co.uk, www.stjudesprints.co.uk and www.godfreyandwatt.co.uk.