1991-1993 Edinburgh It took some time to settle into a post art school work pattern in Edinburgh. I moved studio about four times and the quality and scope of my work was inconsistent. After several disappointments with London galleries losing interest or going bust,...
1992 USA In 1992, I travelled with the artist John Brown, across the United States using a Delta Airlines month pass which took us to (via hire cars) New York, New Orleans, New Mexico, Arizona, California and Washington State. Living the modern road movie, this trip...
1990 Florence In 1990, I was awarded the John Kinross traveling scholarship to Florence, by the Royal Scottish Academy. This enabled me to stay for 10 weeks to research, draw and paint which had a profound impact on my work. I found a way to use watercolour and...
1985–1990 Edinburgh College of Art I studied drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art during the 1980s resurgence of narrative figuration in Scottish painting. This gave me confidence to make bold illustrative works, less concerned with the formal aesthetics...
