1974              Born in Edinburgh, Scotland

1992–96         Edinburgh College of Art – First Class BA Hons in
                              Drawing &Painting

1996–98         Edinburgh College of Art – MFA in Painting

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010             ‘Land, Sea and Sky’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

2007             ‘New Drawings and Paintings’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

2005             ‘New Paintings’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

2003             ‘New Paintings and Prints’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                    ‘Scottish Artists’, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria

2001             The Filmhouse Bar, Edinburgh

1999             Howie’s Restaurant, St Leonard’s Street, Edinburgh

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 2010             ‘Portrait of a Gallery’, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Summer Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

                     ART2010, Islington Art Fair, London with The Scottish Gallery

 2009             Christmas Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

                     RGI Postcards Exhibition, Glasgow

                     Summer Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

                              ‘Borderlines’, Painting Exhibition, Mellerstain House, Scottish 
                              Borders with The Scottish Gallery

                              ‘Celebration of Chelsea’, Painting Exhibition, Partridge Fine Art, 
                              London with The Scottish Gallery

                     Small Paintings Group Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

2008              RGI Christmas Postcards Exhibition

                     RGI Annual Exhibition, Glasgow

                     Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

                     Christmas Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Postcards for Sick Kids Charity Exhibition, Edinburgh

                     ‘Scottish Landscapes Exhibition’, The Park Gallery, Falkirk

                     ‘Blue Room’ Mixed Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Summer Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Summer Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

                  Mixed Exhibition with McAuley Fine Art, Thirlestane Castle 

                     Glasgow Art Fair with the Compass Gallery, Glasgow

                     ART2008, Islington Art Fair, London with The Scottish Gallery

2007              RGI Postcards Christmas Exhibition, Glasgow

                     Mixed Exhibition, Easel Gallery, East Linton

                     Christmas Exhibition, The Green Gallery

                     Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

                     ‘Small Wonders’, Christmas Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery

                     The Aspect Prize Exhibition 2007, Paisley Museum & Art Galleries

                     Summer Group Exhibition, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen

                     Mellerstain House Mixed Exhibition with The Scottish Gallery

                     Mixed Group Exhibition, McAuley Fine Art, Melrose

                     The Muir Maxwell Trust Charity Exhibition, Bonhams Hotel,
                              Edinburgh

                              Affordable Art Fair, London with White Space Contemporary Art

                     ART2007, Islington Art Fair, London with The Scottish Gallery

2006              Christmas Group Exhibition, Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire

                     Christmas Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     RGI Christmas Postcard Exhibition, Glasgow

                     Three Man Show, Red Barn Gallery, Melkinthorpe, Cumbria

                              The ‘Postcards for Sick Kids’ Auction, Lyon & Turnbull  
                              Auctioneers, Edinburgh

                              Edinburgh Arts Festival Exhibition with The Scottish Gallery,  
                              Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh

                     The Aspect Prize Exhibition 2006, Paisley Museum & Art Galleries

                     RSW Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

                     Muir Maxwell Trust Charity Exhibition, Edinburgh

                     Aberdeen Artists Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery

2005              Winter Exhibition, White Space Contemporary Art, Totnes, Devon

                     ‘No Boundaries’, Group Exhibition, The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff

                              Affordable Art Fair, London, with the Baillie Gallery, London

                     ART2005, Islington Art Fair, London with The Scottish Gallery

2004              Christmas Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Group Exhibition, Baillie Gallery, London

                     The ‘Postcards for Sick Kids’ Auction, Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers

                     ‘Saltire’ Four Man Exhibition, Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire

                     RGI Annual Exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

                     Summer Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     ‘In the Air’, Group Exhibition, Campden Gallery, Gloucestershire

                     ART2004 Art Fair, Islington, London with The Scottish Gallery

20C           2003              Christmas Group Exhibition, Baillie Gallery, London

                     Christmas Exhibition, The Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

                     Christmas Group Exhibition, Frames Gallery, Perth        

                     Christmas Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     ‘Persevere’ Mixed Exhibition, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh

                     Group Exhibition, White Space Contemporary Art, Totnes, Devon

                     Summer Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Paisley Art Institute annual exhibition, Paisley

                     Art for Breast Cancer Exhibition 2003, Bonhams Auctioneers, 
                              Edinburgh

                     The Affordable Art Fair with the Riverside Gallery, Battersea,
                              London

                     RSW Annual Exhibition, McManus Gallery, Dundee

                     ART2003, Islington Art Fair, London with The Scottish Gallery

20              2002             Christmas Group Exhibition, The Compass Gallery, Glasgow

                     Christmas Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     The ‘Postcards for Sick Kids’ Auction, Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers

                     The Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI) Annual Exhibition, Glasgow

                     Mixed Exhibition, Manchester Art House Gallery with The Scottish
                              Gallery

                     WASPS Open Weekend, 25^th Anniversary Show

                     Mixed Exhibition, Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth

                     Summer Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     The Glasgow Art Fair with The Scottish Gallery

                     RSW Annual Exhibition, McManus Gallery, Dundee

2001              Christmas Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Christmas Group Exhibition, The Compass Gallery, Glasgow

                     ‘History of Scottish Landscape’ Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery

                     Summer Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     ‘Living Art Online’, The Scottish Gallery, in association with
                              Sotheby's.com

                     Group Exhibition, Broadway Modern Gallery, Broadway, 
                              Worcestershire

                     Aberdeen Artists Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery

                     ‘Changing Scenes’, Landscape Show, The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff

                     Group Show, The Old Warehouse Gallery, Dorchester, Dorset

                     RSW Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

200           2000              Christmas Group Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                     Christmas Group Exhibition, The Strathearn Gallery

                     Christmas Group Exhibition, The Compass Gallery, Glasgow

                     ‘CHASE’ Fundraising Exhibition, The Royal College of Art, London

                     Three Woman Show, The Westgate Gallery, North Berwick

                     ‘The Inventive Eye’ Exhibition, The Courtyard Gallery, Crail

                      Summer Exhibition, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                      Duo Show, Nexus Galleries, Edinburgh

                      Aberdeen Artists Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery

199           1999               House of Menzies, Aberfeldy, Perthshire – ongoing exhibitions

                   Christmas Group Exhibition, The Compass Gallery, Glasgow

                      Christmas Group Show, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

                      VAS (Visual Arts Scotland) Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

                      ‘Postcards For Sick Kids’ Charity Auction, Phillips Auctioneers, 
                               Edinburgh

                               SSA Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

                               Group Exhibition ‘New Faces’, The Westgate Gallery, North Berwick

                      ‘The Sea, The Sky and the Bit in Between’, Burton Art Gallery, Devon

                      RSW Annual Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh

1998               Mini Print Exhibition, Artlink ExChange, Hull

                               Christmas Exhibition, The Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

                               Group Exhibition, The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff

                               Contemporary Scottish Art Exhibition, Scottish Gallery & Stenton
                               Gallery – Edinburgh Festival Show, TSB (Scotland), Henry Duncan
                               House, Edinburgh

                      RSA Students’ Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

                      Royal Scottish Society Watercolours Exhibition (RSW), RSA, 
                               Edinburgh

1997               RSA Students’ Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh

                      ‘Wax Works’ Travelling Exhibition, Collins Gallery, Glasgow

1996               Group Exhibition, The Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

                      Royal Scottish Academy (RSA) Students’ Exhibition, Edinburgh

                      Collective Gallery, Members Open Exhibition, Edinburgh

AWARDS

2008              The Armour Award for Distinguished Landscape Painting, RGI,
                              Glasgow

2002              RSW Alexander Graham Munro Travel Award

2000              Finalist in the Noble Grossart Painting Prize Exhibition

1998                         1998              Commendation for prints exhibited in ‘The Sky, The Sea and the
                              Bit in Between’, Burton Art Gallery, North Devon

1998              Finalist in the Noble Grossart Painting Prize Exhibition

1996              Royal Scottish Academy award for Landscape painting

1996              Helen A Rose Bequest Prize for Distinguished Work, Edinburgh
                              College of Art

COLLECTIONS

Anglo American
         Bank of Scotland Headquarters
         University of Stirling 
         Western General Hospital
         NHS Art Collection
         Royal College of Physicians
         Standard Life Insurance
         British Midland Airways Executive Lounge, Edinburgh Airport
         Knight Residence Apartments, Edinburgh
         Caledonian Hotel, Edinburgh
         Edinburgh College of Art

Work in private collections throughout Britain, Europe and the USA

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is strongly influenced by nature – particularly that of the landscape. I 
         incorporate wax with oil paint and other mixed media to create textures and
         tactile surfaces and while I also look to the more conventional landscape for 
         inspiration I enjoy abstracting certain elements and allowing the wax and oil
         paint to lead me – creating interesting textures and unexpected effects. The
         scope of my interest in this subject stems from my exploration into aerial
         photography and geological images.  As a result, my paintings and prints lean
         towards abstraction as there is an ambiguous quality in nature which fascinates
         me.