About Me
My Background
Since graduating from Edinburgh College of art in 1993 with a BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting, and a sell-out degree show, I have exhibited and sold work regularly in galleries across Britain, including the RSA, SSA the RSW and the RBA, Mall Galleries , London.
In 1997, I graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art with a Master of Design - MDes.
My work is based on gardens, trying to reflect the brevity of life, beauty, toil, energy, death and rebirth that is observed in the cycle of life within the garden.
I strive to evoke this through the battles I have while creating the work. My art is becoming increasingly more referential and not entirely realistic inviting the viewer's participation and hopefully giving glimpses into the life, toil, death and rebirth of the creative journey.
Exhibitions
Forthcoming
2019 Elected a professional member of the SSA
2019 Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Number Four Galler, St Abbs
2019 shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London 🤞🤞
2019 House for an Art Lover, SOLO exhibition
2019 Borders Art Fair
2019 SSA exhibition in the RSA, Edinburgh
Past
2018 RSW Exhibition, winner of the ‘House for an Art Lover Award’ 2018
2018 Portobello Art Walk
2018 Dulwich Picture Gallery, Secret Charter Exhibition
2018 Doubtfire Gallery, Stockbridge, Edinburgh (2 Woman Show)
2018 Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries London (March)
2017 Hecla Gallery ( July, Aug, Sept )
2017 Royal Scottish Society of Watercolour Artists, Mound-Edinburgh (Jan)
2017 Doubtfire Gallery (Jan)
2016 Doubtfire Gallery, Winterescence ( Dec)
2016 Art Walk Porty, Portobello (Sept)
2016 Hecla Gallery, Cockenzie House and Gardens (May,June,July)
2016 Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh (April) 3 Woman Show
2016 The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh ( January)
2015 SSA, The Royal Scottish Academy - Sit In/Take Away
2015 The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2011 Menier Gallery, London
1998 Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
1997 Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
1997 Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
1997 MDES Show, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee
1996 Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
1996 Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1996 Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
1995 Eastern General Hospital, Edinburgh
1995 Graduate Gallery (Popup Gallery) Edinburgh
1995 Loomshop Gallery, Lower Largo
1995 Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
1994 Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1994 Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
1994 Graduate Gallery (Popup Gallery), Edinburgh
1994 Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington – Solo Exhibition
1994 Loomshop Gallery, Lower Largo
1994 Macaulay Gallery, Stenton
1993 Compass Gallery, Glasgow, ‘New Generation Exhibition’
1993 Clayton Gallery, Newcastle, ‘Ship ‘N’ Shore’ Exhibition
1993 Untitled Gallery (Popup Gallery), Edinburgh
1993 Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen
Reviews, Collections and Awards
REVIEWS
1993 Herald Scotland
1993 Spectrum, Festival review
1993 BBC Scotland News
1993 Herald Scotland
COLLECTIONS
My work can be found in numerous private and public collections across Europe and Canada. Public collections include Art in Healthcare and Edinburgh University Collection. Buyers include the late W.Gordon Smith.
AWARDS
2018 @ The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, in the RSA, awarded "The House for an Art Lover Award".