 Catleughs's overall career, was that predominately of an architect and whom painted purely for the love, passion and the expression in which art can give and bring.He was a world-renowned expert in the works of William De Morgan and was the author of William Morris Tiles (1983) and many articles on nineteenth century and Islamic tiles.His interest in two-dimensional patterns extends to textiles particularly those from India and Indonesia, of which he had a small collection, in addition he was a devoted collector of William De Morgan's Tiles of which he had extensive collection.