ARTIST STATEMENT

My drawing developed into spontaneous and regular activity when holidaying with grandparents.. Following that, training in my teens, embedded the benefit of regular working and by then, my devotion was so well established that it led me to study drawing, as it would surely mean that I could be doing it every day. 

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'Liathach’, this work (above) portrays grandeur, scale, physicality, a remnant of past geological action. 'The Mountains of Assynt' (below) is a silhouetted giant, with Cul Mor and other peaks, grand and impressive, its mood is in its russet, blue and blue grey colours. Look out for the monumental quality of "Watermill' and work around the many remnant ancient trees in an old oak wood in my locality.

 

The late Roger Deakin, believed that "we carry places and landscapes in our head, that live on in us, wherever we may be, and however far we may be from them" and I believe this is true.

 

Definition can include awareness of spatial and tonal and abstract qualities to express the essence of a subject and if you can think of watercolour as a kind of drawing with water or water drawing and that is where you will find me.

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BIO

I am based near Edinburgh, am a graduate of Fine Art, University of Edinburgh, and was awarded a summer scholarship to Yale University, USA.  I have worked in contextual studies with students at Gray's School of Art, Robert Gordon's University, taught the art and design modules of City & Guilds at Aberdeen College, held workshops and given various demonstrations to community groups and in schools. I exhibit work through a variety of openings and opportunities.