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 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...
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,...
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...
