Big Interview in Press and Journal

Big Interview in Press and Journal

BIG INTERVIEW: Aberdeenshire artist who dreamt of career in comic books finds fame on more traditional canvas by Kathryn Wylie Aberdeen Press and Journal February 22 2021, 7:00 am   During a childhood spent in rural Aberdeenshire and raised by parents invested in the...
John Moores Painting Prize 2020 Shortlist

John Moores Painting Prize 2020 Shortlist

 ‘The Neanderthals Future Infirmary’ 2019, oil and mixed media on canvas, 160 x 240 cm Short List I am one of 5 prize winners shortlisted for the delayed 2020 John Moores Painting Prize with my painting ‘The Neanderthals Future Infirmary’. I am...
Walking Stanley

Walking Stanley

Just before the first COVID-19 lockdown, we took ownership of a 7-year-old Border Terrier called Stanley. As we entered lockdown, my daily walks with Stanley into the Pentland Hills became an essential activity of body and mind. The Pentland Hills are a stone’s...
The Neanderthal Futures Infirmary

The Neanderthal Futures Infirmary

Present day, hidden under many forgotten or disused hospitals, are warrens of still- functioning operating theatres, recovery rooms and laboratories. They have a single goal: to bring back the Neanderthals. Why? To see if they and other archaic humans might have their...
NEONEANDERTHALS at the Royal Scottish Academy

NEONEANDERTHALS at the Royal Scottish Academy

‘In the adjacent gallery, Neoneanderthals is a collaboration between Robbie Bushe and Jeanne Cannizzo. It poses the question, if homo sapiens have made such a mess of things, maybe cloned neanderthals, neoneanderthals after “de-extinction,” might do better....