2024 Ghosts in the Garden

2024 Ghosts in the Garden

2021-24 Ghosts in the Garden ‘Ghosts in the Garden’ is an ongoing project.. From May 2021 I made an observational drawing from our home garden each day as a participant in ‘100 Day Droject Scotland’. These drawings formed the starting point of...
2021 Dwell

2021 Dwell

2021 Dwell   34 Abercromby PlaceEdinburgh EH3 6QEEmail: mail@openeyegallery.co.uk ‘Dwell’ is a body of work exploring personal history and living spaces. It begun in 2018 from an indelible childhood memory of Bushe’s from 1975 in Aberdeenshire....
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...