Endlessly inspired by the wonderful Scottish scenery that lies on my doorstep, I paint predominantly landscapes, usually abstracted to their elemental colours and textures. I use a variety of media in my work and I’m constantly looking for new ideas. I like to think that the surface and pigment or medium is my subject, I use the scene or the object in from of me as a conduit to explore the medium and the subject will slowly appear through the layers of paint.
I apply the paint using palette knives, brushes, card, sticks and anything really that comes to hand! I want the paint to create a life of its own, I avoid contrived marks and allow pigments and solvents to mix or drip and find their own place of the canvas. Sometimes a painting can come together in a week and other times it can take years and layers of paint before I’m happy.
Time Line, Art Qualifications and Exhibitions
- 2008 OCA Changing Lives Exhibition, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh
- 2017 Cert. HE in Creative Arts
- 2019 Paisley Arts Institute 131st Annual Open Exhibition
- 2020 Paisley Arts Institute 132nd Annual Open Exhibition
- 2021 Paisley Arts Institute – Scottish Drawing Competition
- 2021 Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show 2021
- 2022 Accord Hospice Art Show and Auction
- 2022 The Big Art Show, Paisley
- 2023 Accord Hospice Art Show
- 2024 Solo Exhibition – Jute as a Material and Subject: From Literal to Abstraction The Verdant Works, Dundee
- 2024 Accord Hospice Art Show
- 2024 The Big Art Show, Paisley
- 2025 Diploma HE in Fine Art
Solo Exhibition ‘Jute as a Material and Subject: from Literal to Abstraction‘
In 2024 I had an exhibition at the Verdant Works in Dundee. This exhibition was the culmination of a project which examined the history of jute and how I could incorporate this material into my work. Please click on the link below to read an interview with Dundee Heritage Trust.