Artist Statement
I am a visual artist, working and living near the small village of Portmahomack in the North East of the Highlands. I graduated in 2005 from Edinburgh College of art with a BA (hons) in Drawing and Painting. I’m currently studying for a Masters in Contemporary Art and Archeology at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
I mainly work with water based paint and drawing materials, creating abstracted figurative and biomorphic works using symbols, motifs, colours, and patterns from everyday life, the landscape that I am immersed in and moments from the past. Focusing on the surface of our environment, how it holds the past, present and future simultaneously and thinking about what our place is within this space. C.V
Education Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons) in Drawing in Painting, 2005. Currently studying for a Masters in Contemporary Art and Archaeology from the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Memberships
Professional member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Visual Arts Scotland and Society of Scottish Artists.
Exhibitions
Solo shows
2023, Ahead of the Clouds, Browns Gallery, Inverness
2023, Ahead of the Clouds, Browns Gallery, Tain
2020. Project 2020, Virtual Gallery created by Artnorth Magazine, online. Group shows
2024, Visual Arts Scotland Annual, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.
2023, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour Annual, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2023, Scottish Landscape Awards Exhibition, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.
2023, SSA Annual, MacLaurin Art Gallery, Ayr.
2023, Left at the Mountain, North to the sea, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Inverness.
2023, Society of Scottish Artists Group Show, The Caledonian Club, London. 2022, North, Visual Arts Scotland Members Show, Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness.
2022, Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Annual show.
2022, Browns Gallery Opening Show, Browns Gallery, Inverness.
2022. Artist Aid Ukraine, The Pentagon Centre, Glasgow.
2022, New Art School Group Show, New Art School, Online. 2022, Incandescent, Irving Contemporary, Oxford. Online group show.
2021, Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Annual show.
2021, Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Annual show.
2021, Annual Show, Gallery Pop, Forres. Group show.
2021, Euphoric, online group show curated by Josephine-May Bailey.
2021, Isle of Martin Seaweed Festival, An Talla Solais, Ullapool. Group show. 2021, Pause, Society of Scottish Artists, online. Group show.
2021, If Not Now, When? Spilt Milk Gallery, online. Group show.
2021, Royal Scottish Academy Annual, online. Group show.
2021, Scottish Drawing Competition, Paisley Art Institute, Paisley. Group show. 2021, An Talla Solais Members Exhibition, An Talla Solais, Ullapool. Group Show. 2021, Resonant Strangeness, Marram, online. Group show.
2020, Changing Tides, Society of Scottish Artists, online. Group show.
2020, Flow, Visual Arts Scotland, online. Group show.
2020, Members Exhibition, An Talla Solas, online. Group show.
2020. Visual Art Scotland, Borders Art Fair. Group show
2020, Selene, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford. Group show.
2020, Open ISO, The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford. Group show.
2020, RSA annual show., Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh. Group show. 2020, Inside Out/Outside in, Irving Contemporary, Oxford. Group show.
2020, Continuous group exhibition, Brown’s Gallery, Tain.
2019, Winter Exhibition, The Found Gallery, Dunbar. Group show.
2019, Showcase 2020, Sixfoot Gallery, Glasgow. Group show.
2019, Little Originals, Dock Street Studios, Dundee. Group show.
2019, Of Night and Light, The Velvet Easel, Portobello. Group show.
2019, Group Show, Wee Art Gallery, Glasgow. Group show.
2019, Summer Show, The Found Gallery, Dunbar. Group show. 2019, The Stars go Waltzing, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello. Group show.
Other Awards and Opportunities
2023, Hope Scott Trust. 2022, Collaborative trip to Orkney made possible be the Jerwood Arts 1:1 funding.
2021, Mentored by artist Sara Barker through New Art School funded by Creative Scotland