Artists Statement
My work is currently about; Concealment, Revelation, Creativity, Travelling, Exploring, Illusionnism, Composition, Deception, Surface, discovery, Texture, Excitement, Arrangement, Old, Quality, Doubt, Simplicity, Exploration, Dark, Abstraction, Art, Colour, Accuracy, Serendipity, Mystery, Worn, Control, Destruction, New, Watercolour, Exasperation, Conservation, perspiration, Looking, Refined, Symbolic, Seeing, Interior, Levels, Playfulness, Drawing, Reducing, Calm, Light, Contemplation, History, Reverence, Shadows, Truth, Complexity, Experimentation, Openings, Form, Reactive, Enjoyment, Archive, Doors, Visual, Iconic, Recognition, Window, Nature, Incongruity, Layers, Ambiguity, Contradiction, Silence, but not necessarily all at once.
Biography
I went to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee and did a degree in Fine Art followed by a Post Graduate Degree in Fine Art. I then achieved a Post Graduate certificate in Secondary Education at Aberdeen’s Northern College, gaining a distinction. It was then I was approached to do some part-time teaching at Dundee College (2 days), leaving the rest of my week for painting.
Awards
2007 2nd Prize Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2005 The Jean Blockley Prize, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour
2004 John Gray Award, RSW
2002 Dianna King/Scottish Gallery Prize, RSA
1996 Alastair Salvesen Art Scholarship - Travel Award & Exhibition
Selected Exhibitions
2007 - Masters of Contemporary Realism, Winstanley-Roark Fine Arts, MA, USA
2006 - Fatherest West, solo show, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2006 - Artists Kew, Kew Gardens, London
2005-2006 - Singer and Friedlander/The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2004 - Scratch the Surface - Solo Show - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 - From Out Of The Shadows - Solo Show - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 - Finalist Noble Grossart Painting Prize, RSA Edinburgh and Glasgow School Of Art
1997 - Chinese Whispers - Solo Show - Le Mur Vivantfine Art, London
1996 - Alastair Salvesen Travelling Scholarship - Solo Show - RSA, Edinburgh
1995, 1999 - Finalist, The Morrison Scottish Portrait Award Exhibition, RSA, Edinburgh
Public Collections
| Duncan of Jordanstone
College of Art Dundee, Permanent Collection Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Dundee City Council Chambers Paintings in Hospitals Quatar Royal Family RSA Collection |
Ernst & Young, Glasgow Scottish Enterprise Scottish Equitable Historic Scotland Perth Royal Infirmary |
Also in Private Collections throughout UK, Norway, Holland, Australia and North America.
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