George Callaghan was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1941. bWhilst he briefly attended a local primary school, his family emigrated to South Africa when he was four, only to return to Northern Ireland just a decade later due to the impending death of his grandfather.

Callaghan attended Ashfield Secondary Intermediate School where his artistic ability was already evident, where his art teacher, Desmond Kinney, succeeded in securing thirteen periods of art each week for the promising student. However, Callaghan’s experience at school was short-lived and he soon moved to the world of work at the age of fifteen.

A master of discipline and style, Callaghan’s early roots in the advertising industry are ident...