Sep 25, 2019
‘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....
Sep 25, 2019
On the DNA Dance Floor, oil and mixed media on canvas, 140 x 120 cm, 2019. An imaginary scene over thousands of years as early modern humans and Neanderthals interact – hunting and gathering, dancing, and interbreeding.On the DNA Dance Floor,is one of four large...
Sep 23, 2019
The Last Neanderthal’s Garden, oil on canvas, 140 x 160 cm, 2019 Some 30,000 years ago, early modern humans come to pay their respects to the last of the ancient Neanderthals, a solitary female lovingly tending her wild garden. She has only hours to live. But the...
Nov 17, 2017
I was nominated to become a member of the Royal Scottish Academy and I was thrilled to hear I was duly elected in October 2017. On Friday 3rd November 2017, I signed the historic book which has recorded all Academicians signatures since its inception. I had a little...
Dec 1, 2016
Just finished installing my improvised modular drawing called the ‘accumulation of small advantages’ at Visual Arts Scotland ‘FLY 2016’. This will be my third and final exhibition as president and I have to say I have been astonished just how...