I studied drawing and painting at Gray's School of Art RGU Aberdeen and after many year teaching art in secondary schools, I decided to retire and build a studio/gallery in the field next to my house. I am now a full time painter. I paint many seascapes and landscapes finding inspiration along the north east Aberdeenshire coast and the rural landscape near my croft. I have recently returned to painting still lifes. I aim to capture a fleeting moment in time where nature or light conditions have drawn my attention to an everyday scene or object. Nostalgia runs through my paintings; be it the places of my childhood or the china cups, silver teas pots or antique linens collected over a many years, which appear in my still life paintings.
I have had the privilege of exhibiting my work in galleries in Scotland, Jersey, France and Canada and have work in corporate collections in the UK and France and in private collections in the U.K. France, Canada, Qatar, Germany, the USA, Norway, The Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.
