I’m an artist based in rural Perthshire. I graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1979 and worked as a wildlife illustrator for a few years before starting my own successful graphic design business in Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Many years later, I relocated to this beautiful place, where an increase in the demand for illustration work and commissioned paintings prompted thoughts of shifting to painting full time. I’m lucky enough now to be in a place, literally and metaphorically, where I can choose to make art for myself, always from the heart.

Painting

Since childhood my sketchbooks and diaries have been filled with drawings of imaginary lochs or lakes, surrounded by steep wooded hills and layers of mist. Little did I know I would eventually come to live there…

My immediate surroundings provide the starting point for most of my paintings. As well as attempting to hold a moment in time, I try to recount the ambience I’ve absorbed – whilst out walking, sitting by the loch or even just looking out of the window.

Illustrations

Inspired by anything I’m thinking about at the time: music, animals, objects… and inner impulses about situations and people.

Commissions

I’d be delighted to create a painting or illustration for you.

Workshops

I’m available for one, two or three-day workshops aimed purely at people who love the idea of painting without fear!