Jun 14, 2021 | BLOG, EXHIBITIONS, FRESCO, RESIDENCIES
‘Life Under Lockdown’ was the theme of a micro-residency I was chosen for in 2020, through NHS Tonic Arts. Seven artists, all born in different decades, were asked to respond to the theme by producing new work which would be exhibited at the Western...
Jan 7, 2020 | BLOG, EXHIBITIONS
‘Wall to Wall’ at the Union Gallery is an exhibition of paintings, drawings and monoprints. It is my first solo show in a commercial Edinburgh gallery for over thirty years and coincides with my 60th birthday. It runs from March 6th – 28th, 2020....
May 28, 2019 | BLOG, EXHIBITIONS
I am exhibiting new paintings in Threefold 2 at the Union Gallery, Edinburgh. This is the second time I have exhibited with Sophie McKay Knight and Alexandra Warren. We are all contemporary figurative painters who have a strong sense of colour and mystery in our...
Jan 12, 2019 | BLOG, EXHIBITIONS
I was fortunate to have a studio at the 369 Gallery for four years (1988-92). My first solo show was in the main gallery in 1989 – paintings and monoprints inspired by a year in Madrid on a Spanish Government Scholarship, fosussing on the rose garden in the...
Jul 29, 2018 | BLOG, EXHIBITIONS
This series of paintings takes its inspiration from the theme of la Fête Champêtre – a pastoral festival, or picnic in the park. Eighteenth century French artist Antoine Watteau reflected on this theme, depicting men and women in elegant costumes eating and dancing in...
