Born in South Africa in 1963, he married a Welsh girl, Gwen, in 1992 and settled in North Wales. He has a John Moores BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art which he completed at Wirral Metropolitan College in 2001 and a Nature Conservation Diploma, Cape Town circa 1986.
He works from life and from his imagination, producing paintings, prints and 3D work. His work is in private collections in Australia, America, Turkey, France, Bermuda, Germany, Belgium, South Africa, Greece, Canada, Portugal, Norway, Northern and Southern Ireland, London and Wales.
Jacha works full time on his art and has a large body of original prints and paintings available for exhibition.
He has his own gallery space in the Alpine Coffee Shop and Gallery, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, where his work can be viewed and purchased (see his website: www.alpinecoffeeshop.net).