Curriculum Vitae
Born in Glasgow, 1963 – family moved to Invergordon 1974


Education: 1974 –79 – South Lodge Primary and Invergordon Academy under the tuition of Donald M Shearer



Art Education;
1982 – 83 Glasgow school of art
1984 – 85 – Chelsea school of art




Exhibitions;
1986 – Fyrish Trust Gallery, one man show
1987,91,95 – Eden Court, Inverness. Three artists, mixed show
1988 – The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1989 – 2002 – Barclay Lennie Fine Art, Glasgow
1988,89,90 – Cyril Gerber Fine Art Glasgow
1989-96 – Compass Gallery, Glasgow, Christmas shows
1989 – Kingfisher Gallery, Edinburgh, mixed show
1990-94 –90s Gallery, Glasgow
1990-96 – Art Exposure Gallery, Glasgow
1994 – The 6th Highland Open Exhibition
1990-96 – Hanover Fine Art, Edinburgh
1998 – Hanover Fine Art, Edinburgh Three Highland Artists
1997 – Highland Open Art Exhibition, People in a Landscape
1996 – The Thomson Gallery, London; The Scottish Show
1993-97 – Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, Annual Exhibition
2002 – Tore Art Fair, by Inverness, Christmas show
2002 – Affordable Art Fair, London
2003 – Glasgow Art Fair
2003 – Eden Court Gallery, one man show; “In search of light”
2003 – Lennox Gallery, London, Scottish Show
2003 – Compass Gallery, Christmas Show
2003 – Lennox Gallery, London, Christmas Show
2003 – Tore Art Fair, Christmas Show, Inverness - shire
2005 – Art fair, Old High Church Inverness
2005 – Tore art gallery, Black Isle, Inverness – shire
2006 – Moy game fair, By Inverness
2006 – Aspect prize exhibition, Paisley, Glasgow


Publications:

1995 – Ghost Stories of Castle Stuart, Illustrations by Hugh Kirkwood
1995 – Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday (Christmas Review)
1997 – People in a Landscape
2002 – The Glasgow Herald, “In the frame”


Commissions:

1994-96 – Hall of Ossian
1995 – Graffiti for nightclub
1996 – Air brush painting (6ft) of Hollywood stars for fairground waltzers
2006 – The Drover Project, a sculpture one and a half life-size drover and Highland
coo – to be completed 2007

Teaching:Part-time

2002-2003 - Inverness Art Society – Life-classes
200-2003 – Evening classes
2003-2004 – Evening classes
2003-2004 – General painting classes
2005-2006 - General painting class


Painting expeditions;

2002 – Cote D`azur in footsteps of the colourists
2004 - The Masai Mara - first festival of wildlife- painting with David Shepherd
2005 – Kenya