Curriculum Vitae
                                          
      
  
  
Education and training
- Fine Arts Diploma (painting and printmaking) City and Guilds of London Art School, 1982-85
 
- Foundation Course, City and Guilds of London Art School, 1981-82
 
Work history/teaching experience
- Drawing course tutor, Paintbox School of Art, since September 2023
 
- Drawing Course leader, Leith School of Art, www.leithschoolofart.co.uk since 2015
 
- Visiting Lecturer, Paintbox School of Art, www.paintboxartclasses.com, since 2014
 
- Part time tutor at Leith School of Art, Edinburgh since 2003
 
- Part time Community Education Tutor with the City of Edinburgh Council, from April 2002 to March 2020
 
- Visiting Lecturer, The Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, from 2000 to 2003.
 
- Voluntary part time art teaching at primary school, from 2000 to 2006.
 
- Painting Tutor with the Open College of the Arts, from 1995 to 2007.
 
- Worked at the Galerie Bernier, Athens 1986-88.
 
Book Covers
Exhibitions
- 'A Splash of Colour', The Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright, March/April 2025
 
- Borders Art Fair, Kelso, March 2025
 
- 'Out of the Studio', Whitespace Gallery, Edinburgh, May 2024
 
- Borders Art Fair, Kelso, March 2024
 
- St James 23 Collective, Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House, Edinburgh, October 2023
 
- Solo exhibition, 'The Ordinary Being Looked At', Leith School of Art, July 2022
 
- Solo exhibition, 'The Passion, Stations of the Cross', St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, April 2022
 
- 'Allaban': Scottish Land and Townscapes, The Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy, March 2019
 
- The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London  February 2019
 
- 'A Partial View', The Sutton Gallery, Edinburgh, November 2017
 
- Solo exhibition, McNaughtan's Gallery and Bookshop, Edinburgh, June 2016
 
- An Ealdhain Arts Trust. 'Moving Mountains' Open Exhibition, Fort William, February 2016
 
- 'Palimpsest' Solo exhibition, Leith School of Art, October 2015
 
- SSA Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, December 2014
 
- RSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, November 2014
 
- Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, February 2013
 
- Ardquin Fine Arts, Surrey, February 2013
 
- RSA Open Exhibition, Edinburgh, November 2012
 
- New Work, Whitespace, Edinburgh, November, 2012
 
- 'Small Works Exhibition', The Leith School of Art, April, 2012
 
- 'Field, Sea and Stone' Doubtfire Gallery, Edinburgh, March, 2012
 
- Scottish Drawing Competition and Exhibition, Paisley Art Institute, October, 2011
 
- Solo exhibition at Leith School of Art, September 2010
 
- ‘Celebrating 20 Years of Leith School of Art’ The Leith School of Art, 2009
 
- ‘Primavera’, Touchie Studios, Perth and Kinross, 2009
 
- ‘Travelling’ Solo exhibition, The Municipal Gallery of Mykonos, Greece, 2008
 
- ‘Connect Four’ The Leith School of Art, 2006
 
- St Columba’s Hospice Annual exhibition, 2006
 
- 'Transforming' staff exhibition, The Leith School of Art, 2004
 
- Visual Arts Scotland, Ocean Terminal, 2002
 
- Royal Academy, London, 2001
 
- Duff House, National Galleries of Scotland, 2001
 
- Visual Arts Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, 1999
 
- Edinburgh Festival, 1998
 
- Langton Gallery, London, 1985
 
- Christies’ ‘Pick of Graduate Painting’, Royal Academy, 1985
 
- The Stowell Award Show, The Royal Academy, 1983