Born in Surbiton, England, Greer completed his National Service in 1949 and, with an ex-serviceman’s grant, studied art at the Twickenham School of Art, St. Martin’s, and the Royal Academy.
In 1953 he was taken on by Saxon Artists, a prestigious London agency specialising in professional illustrators, and commissioned to do drawings for the Radio Times and later for Penguin covers.
As a freelance illustrator, Greer also drew for The Listener, The Economist, BBC trailers, and the national Press. Subsequently he turned his hand to theatre (three of his plays were produced in London in the 1970s), film scripts, BBC television series, and various commercial ventures such as corporate videos, painting sets and as tour guide.
He was an accomplished painter and collagist, whose striking colours, textures and shapes reflect sojourns in Australia and Canada.
‘I like the collision of lines’ observed Greer in a video interview.
In the latter decades he also produced vibrant cartoons that commented both on his own life and the world in general.
He is survived by his partner, Sneja Gunew, his 3 daughters and his grandchildren:
Lisa Levy (children: Tim and Hannah)
Annabelle Farrant (children: Frazer)
Daisy Gardner (children: Remy Banjo and Archie).