I studied Drawing & Painting at Glasgow School of Art under the tutelage of  the late Dr James D Robertson, Dr Barbara Rae, Dr Jack Knox and the late Dr John Cunningham.   

Since graduating from the Glasgow School of Art, I have worked in the private sector  specialising in IT and technical project management while simultaneously trying to pursue my painting career.   However, by the beginning of 2004, I found myself frustrated by the lack of time to paint and decided to paint on a full time basis.     Since then I have been fortunate enough to be able to set up studios both in Scotland and in France.

1961              Born Glasgow

1979 -1983     Glasgow School of Art - BA(Hons) Fine Art

1986 -1988     University of Glasgow - MSc Information Technology

2007              Elected member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW)

AWARDS

2009             RSW / Riverside Gallery Exhibition Award, The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour

2009             Joe Hargan Award, Paisley Art Institute

2008             RSW Alexander Graham Munro Award, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
1996              Armour Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts

1995              James Torrance Memorial Award, Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts

1983              Armour Prize, Glasgow School of Art

EXHIBITIONS

1995 - 2011   Royal Glasgow Institute Of The Fine Arts

                     Royal Scottish Academy                       

                     Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour

                     Paisley Art Institute 

                     Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
               
                     Oakham Contemporary, London

                     John Falle Fine Art, Jersey

                     Thompsons Marylebone, London

                     Fraser Gallery, St Andrews

                     Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouth

                     Arteries Gallery, Glasgow

                     Thompsons Gallery, Aldeburgh

                     Gullane Art Gallery, Gullane, East Lothian

                     The Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven

                     The Red Rag Gallery, Stow-On-The-Wold

                     Gallery At Home, Versailles

                     Ruthven Gallery, Auchterarder

                     The Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire

                     The Green Gallery, Buchlyvie

                     The Lemond Gallery, Glasgow

                     The Smithy Gallery, Blanefield, Glasgow