My first tentative steps to becoming a full-time artist began over 30 years ago, when I moved to Edinburgh to study an entirely different subject. My journey through life since then has been wide and varied, but art has always remained at the forefront and the city of Edinburgh has continued to inspire my work. Being self taught, I believe there are no set rules within which an artist should constrain themselve and, as a result, my work is varied in both subject matter and in the techniques I use to create it.
Much of what I do is an attempt to capture the mood or atmosphere of the places that fire my imagination. Many of my landscape paintings feature the beautiful architecture of Edinburgh and the ramshackle villages of Fife’s East Neuk. Scotland’s wild weather and more remote nooks and crannies also provide much inspiration. But I often looked further afield for inspiration, even as far as the moon at times.
My paintings and prints have featured in many prestigious exhibitions, including the Royal Scottish Academy Open, the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts Annual Open, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and the Society of Scottish Artists annual exhibitions. My work is held in private and corporate collections around the world.
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A Selection of Previous Exhibitions
2021 – Strathearn Gallery, Crieff (Autumn Exhibition)
2021 – The Quay Gallery, Aberdour
2021 – Fidra Fine Art, Gullane, Bass Rock (4 Sept – 3 Oct)
2021 – Scottish Society of Artists, Insectarium – Fear and Fascination (3 June – 25 July)
2020 – Marchmont Gallery, From Edinburgh to The Moon Solo Exhibition Preview on February 16th
2020 – Frames Gallery, Perth (Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop)
Preview on 7th Feb
2020 – The Velvet Easel, Portobello (Of Night and Light) – until 1st March
2020 – Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh Small Paintings
2019 – St Columbas Hospice, Edinburgh (Annual Art Show 24-27 Oct)
2019 – Frames Gallery, Perth (40 Years of Excellence)
2019 –Eion Stewart Fine Art, Stonehaven (The Printmakers, May-July)
2019 – Fidra Fine Art, Gullane , Jan-Feb)
2019 – Society of Scottish Artists Annual Open (Dec – Jan)
2018 – Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) Annual Open (Nov – Dec)
2018 – Royal Scottish Academy (Summer Open Exhibition)
2018 – Gallery Henizel, Aberdeen (Until March 2019)
2017 –Frames Gallery, Perth (Winter Exhibition – until March 2019)
2018 – Washi Umi O Koete, Dunfermline Library (Oct – Jan 2019)
2018 – ArTay, Perth festival of the Arts
2018 – Washi Umi O Koete, Glasgow Print Studio (March)
2017 – Washi Umi O Koete, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (November)
2017 – The Velvet Easel, Portobello (Winter show December)
2017 – Howe Street Gallery, Edinburgh Solo Show (23rd – 29 November)
2017 – Dancing Light Gallery, Whitmuir (October – January 2018)
2017 – Gallery Henizel, Aberdeen (Winter Exhibition November – 3 March 2018)
2017 – Frames Gallery, Perth, (Winter Exhibition, November – March 2018)
2017 – Royal Scottish Academy (Summer Open Exhibition)
2017 – Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, Grand Art (22 April – 21st May)
2017 – Gallery At Fifty Five, Stonehaven
2017 – Morningside Gallery, Small Paintings Exhibition
2017 – Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) Annual Open
2016 – Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) Annual Open (November 2016)
2016 – Macmillan Art Show, Bonhams, Edinburgh (25-28th Aug)
2016 – Maggie’s Cancer Care Charity Event, Edinburgh (June 23)
2016 – Gallery Heinzel Summer Show (11 June – 20 August)
2016 – St Columbas Hospice Art Show, Edinburgh (2-5th June)
2016 – ArTay, Perth festival of the Arts (May)
2016 – Frames Gallery, Perth, The Art of Printmaking (5 March – 2 April)
2015 – Society of Scottish Artists (SSA) Annual Open Exhibition (Dec 21 2015 – Jan 18 2016)
2015 – Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen (Winter Exhibition, November 2015 – March 2016)
2015 – Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline (Dunfermline Printmakers exhibition Dec – Jan 2016)
2015 – Edinburgh Art Fair
2015 – Fire Station Creative, Dunfermline Solo Exhibition of Northern Lights (November 2015)
2015 – Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen (mixed Summer Exhibition, June 2014 – August 2015)
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