Born Glasgow 1954
1972-77 Glasgow School of Art:Diploma of Art and Diploma of Post Graduate Studies.
1988. Moved to live in Shetland
Member of the Shetland Arts Trust’s visual arts sub-committee.
SCHOLARSHIPS
1975 Hospitalfield Summer School ,Arbroath.
1977 Scottish Education Department Travelling Scholarship.
INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Since 1979 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours.
Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
Royal Scottish Academy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1991 The Macaulay Gallery, Stenton.
1994 The Bohoga Gallery, Shetland.(Opening exhibition)
1994 The Macaulay Gallery, Stenton.
1997 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
1998 Adam Gallery, Bath.
2000 Adam Gallery, Bath.
2002 Adam Gallery, Bath. Adam Gallery, Cork Street, London.
2005 Adam Gallery, Bath. Adam Gallery, Cork Street, London.
2008 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow.
2012 Da Gadderie, Shetland Museum & Archives, Lerwick.
2013 Arusha Gallery,Edinburgh.
2016 “60 Degrees North”, Arusha Gallery , Edinburgh.
MIXED EXHIBITIONS
The Macaulay Gallery, Stenton.
The Arts Centre, Leeds.
The Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld.
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow.
The Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland.
Adam Gallery, Bath (Two person show)
London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington, with Adam Gallery.1997-2006.
The Fine Art &Antiques Fair, Olympia, with Adam Gallery.
Art on Paper, London, with Adam Gallery.
Works on Paper, New York, with Adam Gallery, 2000-2005.
Art of the 20th Century, New York, with Adam Gallery, 2002 & 2003.
Art Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida, with Adam Gallery 2003 & 2004.
Malloy,Norway.
Royal Academy, Summer Exhibition, 2002.
20/21 British Art Fair, London, with Adam Gallery,1997-2006.
West Fest, Kinetic Landscapes, Stranraer Museum. 2013.
The Power of the Sea, Making Waves in British Art, 2014
(Royal West of England Academy,Bristol)
Midsummer Night, Arusha Gallery, 2014
Edinburgh Art Fair, with Arusha Gallery, 2014, 2015 & 2016
20/20 Bonhoga Gallery, 20th Anniversary Show, 2014.
London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Arusha Gallery 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017
Fine Art and Antiques Fair, Olympia, London with Arusha Gallery, 2015
Undercurrents, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh, 2015.
September Song, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, 2015.
What Seas What Shores, Six painters from Orkney and Shetland.
(Museum, Lerwick 2014 travelling to Woodendbarn Gallery, Banchory 2015)
Kilmorack Gallery, Inverness-shire. 2015 & 2016
Summer Exhibition,Roger Billcliffe,Glasgow,2016.
Postcard Exhibition,Roger Billcliffe,Glasgow. annually.
AWARDS
1985. Royal Scottish Academy-John Murray Thomson Award.
2011,2012 & 2014 Visual Arts Award -Creative Scotland and Shetland Arts.
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Shetland Museum and Archives.
Shetland Arts Trust.
Highland and Islands Enterprise.
Wolfson College,Oxford University.
Grant Thornton Accounting.
Colleagues Direct Marketing.
Robert Fleming Asset Management.
Goldman Sachs.
Sir John and Lady Keegan.
Lady Singer.
Belmont House Trust, Shetland.
Work in Scotland,England,Wales,Norway,Italy ,Greece,Switzerland and USA.