About
I think of a painting in terms of colour first, then texture, then the subject matter becomes more defined. It's important for me that if someone is looking at a painting all day, it is an uplifting experience — that doesn't mean the paintings are easy or simplistic, rather that they are built up in strong layers that have a lot of oomph and joy about them!
Meet the Artist
I think of a painting in terms of colour first, then texture, then the subject matter becomes more defined. It's important for me that if someone is looking at a painting all day, it is an uplifting experience — that doesn't mean the paintings are easy or simplistic, rather that they are built up in strong layers that have a lot of oomph and joy about them!
EDUCATION
1986–1990 Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen BA (Hons) Fine Art (painting)
NOTES
2017 Invited Artist, Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Invited Artist, Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2011 Entry in The Dictionary of Scottish Painters: 1600 to the Present by Paul Harris and Julian Halsby
2008 Singer & Friedlander Competition — Invited artist, The Mall Galleries, London
2004 Elected Artist Member of the Chelsea Arts Club
forthcoming solo EXHIBITIONS
2024 June–Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 1995
2023 Cameron Contemporary Art, Brighton & Hove
2022 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 Duncan Miller Fine Art, London
2020 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 Duncan Miller Fine Art, London
2018 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2017 Capital Club, Dubai
2017 Portland Gallery, London
2016 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2015 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
2015 Portland Gallery, London
2014 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 Portland Gallery, London
2012 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2011 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
2010 Portland Gallery, London
2010 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2009 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
2008 Portland Gallery, London
2008 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
2006 Portland Gallery, London
2006 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2005 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
2004 Portland Gallery, London
2004 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2003 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
2002 Portland Gallery London
2002 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2001 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
2001 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2000 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
2000 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1999 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1999 The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
1998 The Clachanmore Gallery, Stranraer
1998 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1997 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
1995 The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
COLLECTIONS
Kings House, Brighton and Hove
Eastwood District Council, Glasgow
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
Gleacher & Co, London
Misys plc, London
Private collections worldwide
WORK IN REPRODUCTION
KW Studio: 7 signed giclee editions 2018 View editions here
Aquarelle Publishing: 8 signed giclee editions
Hibel, Japan: 14 small-edition giclee prints
The Art Group: 16 greetings cards and 8 posters
The Art Group: 6 limited edition giclee prints
Woodmansterne: Mothers Day card for US market
Woodmansterne: 2 greetings cards
IKEA: 2 packs of 5 postcards
Buckingham Fine Art: 14 Signed Giclee editions
selected PRESS
2018 Sussex Life Magazine: Artist Feature
2018 House Beautiful Magazine, 8 page artist feature including home and studio
2017 House and Garden Magazine, painting featured
2017 Artists and Illustrators, Fresh Paint feature
2014 The Artist Magazine. Feature
2014 House and Garden Diary News page
2014 Huffington Post Art Fair recommendations
2014 Harpers Bazaar online, celebrating female artists
2014 Psychologies magazine online, Art for All
2014 Cazenove Wealth management magazine. Investment feature
2013 The Spectator, arts feature by William Cook
2013 Homes and Interiors Scotland, Scottish Colourist Tradition feature
2012 Velocity, Cityjet’s in flight magazine, feature
2011 Artists and Illustrators magazine, artist feature
2010 The Herald, Arts feature
2008 Scotland on Sunday, At Home magazine, feature
2005 Leisure Painter, feature
2005 Executive Lifestyle
2004 The Artist Magazine, Artist feature
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Stafford Gallery, Wimbledon
Cricket Fine Art, London
Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove
Duncan Miller Fine Art, London
Ballater Gallery, Aberdeenshire
British Art Portfolio, Northamptonshire
Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
Cameron Contemporary Art, Hove
Duncan Miller Fine Art, London
Galleriet Hornbaek, Hornbaek, Denmark
Royal Glasgow Institute
Portland Gallery, London
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
Albany Gallery, Cardiff
Art Fairs, Annually: AAF New York, AAF Battersea, AAF Bristol, AAF Hampstead, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Chelsea
Thompson’s Gallery, Aldeburgh
The Richmond Hill Gallery, London
Art London
Scottish Artists and Artist Craftsmen
Glasgow Print Studio
Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton
Frames Gallery, Perth
The Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow
Glasgow Society of Women Artists
Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven
Catto Gallery, London
Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen
McCauley Gallery, Edinburgh
McLaurin Galleries, Ayr
De Putron Art Consultants, London
MacLean Fine Art, London
Art for Life, Christies, London
Heartbeat, Edinburgh
The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
The Jerdan Gallery, Crail
Red Rag Gallery, Bath
Edgar Modern Gallery, Bath
CHarity EXHIBITIONS
2021 Maggies Art Extravaganza, Lyon and Turnbull, Edinburgh
2019 True Colours Art Auction, Edinburgh
2018 Maggies Centre, Aberdeen
2013 postcards for sick kids Edinburgh
2004-2014 Macmillan Cancer Relief Exhibition, Glasgow
2006 Amnesty International and Gay Pride auction, Brighton
2006 Hatwalk charity Event/Auction, Mansfield Traquair, Edinburgh
2005 Walk for Life, breast cancer charity auction