Born in Preston, Lancashire, England, I left school at age 16 and became apprenticed to my father, also named Harold Wood, a painter. It was in my farther,s studio that I learned the skills of fine painting,and many techniques of applied arts.I arrived in the United States in 1978 to complete a mural of Arabic life in a Boeing 707 for the Dee Howard Company of San Antonio Texas. This exposure to a new world of aircraft interiors led to my total fascination for applied arts to be incorporated into these interiors.

I then founded the former Aviart Ltd, and for 22 years as working owner of this small company specializing in the development of all types of decorative surfaces which included all aspects of an aircraft interior. I sold the former Aviart Ltd in 2000 and embarked on my current venture, Harold J Wood and Company.

Harold J Wood and Company is a studio workshop showroom art gallery complex, working to take all the lessons learnt at Aviart, and my experiences over the many years in the arts, and apply it to personal expression, painting, and furniture.

The showroom art gallery will be open in the fall of 2006 by appointment only.