I studied Illustration and Printmaking at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Dundee graduating in 1993 and worked for a number of years within the Design school teaching Illustration and Life Drawing.
As an illustrator i have produced works for clients such as The Scotsman Newspaper,The Glasgow Herald ,Macmillian Publishing, Adobe ,The Bank Of Scotland ,The Leith Agency and Theatrum Botanicum. In 1997 i was asked by the Open Eye Gallery in Edinburgh to have a solo show of my paintings which has led to seven solo shows with the gallery. I have exhibited throughout the United Kingdom with galleries such as John Martin Of London,The Portal Gallery London and The Medici Gallery London.
Since 1997 i have regularly exhibited work at The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and The Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts and have been awarded the following awards from these bodies.
- Latimer Award , Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- The City Of Glasgow Award , Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts
- The David Cargill Award , Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts
- The James Torrance Memorial Award , Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts
- The N S Macfarlane Charitable Award , Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts
- Sekalski Award for Printmaking ,Duncan of Jordanstone College Of Art
- MSD Design Ltd Award for Drawing and Painting , Aberdeen Artists Society
In December 2017 i was awarded a Merit Award for my illustrations for the novel The Girl At The Edge Of The World at the i-jungle International Illustration Competition
My work is held in many private collections throughout the UK and abroad including the actor Kate Winslet ,director Sam Mendes , The Walter Scott Collection ,University of Dundee and The New Victoria Hospital London.