Born in England, at 16 he joined the Royal Navy as a boy seaman and served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and finally in the Arctic. During this time he also apprenticed in the shop fitting trade and worked as a designer and architectural artist before immigrating to Canada in 1966.

In Vancouver he found the perfect environment for nurturing his life-long passion for the sea and its history. Many of his paintings incorporate recognizable shore features. From vessels, harbors and major seaports to Canadian troops in the Arabian gulf, the subjects of Horton s paintings tell a story. His paintings are meticulously researched, richly detailed and technically accurate. For his series depicting Captain George V...