- Welcome to my world of colour. Through my paintings I hope to share with you what I see and also how my imagination is sparked by my observations. Table top vistas, memories of places and people, all flow into my mind as I paint. These imaginative compositions take on a life of their own as the paintings progess.
About Me
Since 1997 I have lived and worked in Dumfriesshire in Southern Scotland, where I have made my home and studio. I am now based in the town of Lockerbie. I was born and brought up in Glasgow and after school I followed my family south of the border. I did a two year Foundation Course at Harrow School of Art and a BA(Hons) in Fine Art Painting at Norwich School of Art followed by a postgraduate year and an ATD from Leicester University.
After many years of teaching alongside painting, I now devote almost all of my time to painting, apart a few weeks each year when I enjoy leading painting and colour workshops in my garden studio and at a few locations in the UK and abroad. Since 2021 I am also happy to be able to offer classes and courses online.
I exhibit regularly and have work in many private collections in UK and world
wide. There are works also in collection of Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries and the Women’s Library, Glasgow.
For many years I was as a visiting tutor of colour and drawing at the Royal College of Art in London where I worked with artists and designers from all disciplines. My passion is to help students really see and understand colour and I still enjoy finding new ways to do this.
Earlier in my teaching career I also worked at the RCA for several years as a Lecturer in Computer graphics, at the very beginning of the digital revolution. This early interest in things that computers can do as a tool for the visual artist has never left me and I now enjoy the versatility of the iPad for many aspects of my creative work.
Artist Statement Full CVUpcoming Exhibitions
Because of the Covid 19 pandemic. Spring Fling open studios will be again held online only at the end of May.
Spring Fling Open Studio
Sat May 29 – Sun June 6 2021
I will have some small works for sale and a new video about how I approach still life and landscape painting.
There will also be 80+ other artists and makers for you to enjoy.
www.spring-fling.co.uk
Selected Exhibitions
Nov 9 – Dec 21 2019
Choosing Beauty: A Retrospective Exhibition, Solo show, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
Nov 3 – 27 2016
Visual Arts Scotland: Fly – Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Nov 17 – Dec 24 2016
Christmas Show, Art Nest Gallery, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
1991 – 2016
Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
2013
Solo Exhibition, The Art Nest Gallery, Hitchin, Hertfordshire
