2016-17 Invasions and Excavations

2016-17 Invasions and Excavations

2016-17 Invasions and Excavations 2016 got off to an extraordinary start as I won the inaugural W Gordon Smith painting award at the Dovecot Studios Gallery. I presided over two successful Visual Arts Scotland exhibitions at the Royal Scottish Academy and  I was...
2014 – 2015 Oxgangs and Beyond

2014 – 2015 Oxgangs and Beyond

2014-15 Oxgangs and Beyond In early 2014 My partner Catharine Davison and I moved to Oxgangs where we converted the garage into a studio. Oxgangs is  situated between the Pentland Hills, The Braid Hills, Blackford Hill, Firhill and Craiglockhart hills and these vistas...
2012 – 2013 Mergers and Monopolies

2012 – 2013 Mergers and Monopolies

2012-2013 Mergers and Monopolies In August 2011, Edinburgh College of Art was merged with the University of Edinburgh. What this meant for me was that the short courses department I coordinated at ECA was closed and its course programme were brought under management...
2009 – 2011 Fred

2009 – 2011 Fred

2009-2011 Fred My father Fred died in May 2009. Fred Bushe OBE, RSA was at the forefront of modernist sculpture and set up the Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeenshire in the late 1970s. Fred’s ambition was to create a space where anyone, whether professional, a...
2007 – 2008 Edinburgh

2007 – 2008 Edinburgh

2007-2008 Edinburgh In February 2007, I returned to live in Edinburgh and work at Edinburgh College of Art. It was an opportunity for me to return to Edinburgh domestic drama after over 15 years away. I lived in a wonderful Georgian converted townhouse flat in...