Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art, I have lived and worked in Glasgow, recently acquiring a wasp studio at the Briggait. I work primarily in oil paint, incorporating old techniques like glazing and scumbling, with less time consuming techniques like painting wet on wet. My work is concerned with the complexities of human nature; our hopes, dreams, beliefs, desires, temptations and weaknesses. Although I'm a figurative artist, I shy away from the intimacy of portraiture. I don�t concentrate on using my figures to represent the individual, but rather humanity as a whole. Despite this, my work still retains an intimacy, which is heightened by chiaroscuro, glazing and scumbling and the unusual figure compositions I use. Recently, I have been working with the concept of body language; how hard it is to hide what we're really thinking/feeling.

Education

Educated at Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1998 with a (BA) honours in
Drawing and Painting.

Private collections and Commissions

Costley and Costley Hotels
Rogano Restaurant
Tore Andre Flow: Rangers Football Club
Numerous private collections in the UK, New York, New Orleans, and Europe
Glasgow School of Art.
Featured on album covers by Strike The Colours and Terra Diablo


Prizes and Awards

Buchanan Purchase Prize, awarded Art Exposure Gallery
City of Glasgow Award, awarded at the RGI annual exhibition
Benno Schotz award for drawing, awarded at the Glasgow School of Art degree show

Publications

Homes and Interiors Scotland, Issue 49, �Art Words� Cherylene Dyer, On Yellow Scarf. 2006
Sunday Mail tabloid Article, Page 19,�Art and Football�. 2002
The Glasgow Herald Review �Young Contemporaries� Exhibition at the Scottish Gallery. Text by Keith Bruce. 2000
Go for Business, Glasgow Opportunities Magazine, �Talented Artist� article 2000
Homes And Interiors Scotland, Issue 10, �New Inspirations from Old masters� 3-page article text by Clare Hendry. 1999
The Scotsman, Review of Glasgow School of Art degree Show. 1998




Exhibitions
2010 Christmas show, ScotlandArt.com. Glasgow
2010 Christmas show, Arteries Gallery, Glasgow
2010 Christmas show, Lemond Gallery, Bearsden
2010 Edinburgh Art fair, Carvey Art Gallery
2009 Christmas show, Lemond Gallery, Bearsden
2009 Christmas show, arteries Gallery, Glasgow
2009 Contemporary Scottish Art, Mctears Auction House, Glasgow
2008 Scottish exhibition, Thompson�s Gallery Marylebone, London
2008 summer exhibition, Arteries Gallery, Glasgow
2008 Christmas Show, Lemond gallery, Bearsden
2008 winter show, Thompson�s Gallery, Marylebone, London
2008 Christmas Show, Arteries Gallery Glasgow
2007 Summer Show, Lemond gallery, Bearsden
2007 Friends And Family Show, Arteries, Glasgow
2007 Group show, Tracey Mcnee fine art, Mayfair, London
2007 Christmas Show, lemond Gallery, Bearsden
2007 Christmas Show, Arteries gallery, Glasgow
2007 Christmas Show, Leith gallery, Edinburgh
2006 Edinburgh Art fair, Arteries gallery
2006 Group Show, Arteries gallery, Glasgow
2006 Edinburgh Festival Show, Leith gallery, Edinburgh
2006 Summer Show, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2005 Group Show, Eton Contemporary Gallery, Eton
2005 London Art fair, Eton contemporary Gallery, Eton
2005 Two Man show, art exposure gallery, Glasgow
2005 Three man Show, Leith gallery, Edinburgh
2005 Paisley institute annual show, chosen for entry
2004 Group Show, Blackheath gallery, London
2004 Solo Show, Arteries gallery, Glasgow
2004 group Show Scotlandart.com Glasgow
2003 Featured artist, Blackheath Gallery, London
2003 Figurative Show, Art exposure gallery, Glasgow
2003 Post Card exhibition, Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2002 Solo Show, Arteries Gallery, Glasgow
2001 Group Show, Art Exposure gallery Glasgow
2001 group show, Roger Billcliffe gallery, Glasgow
2001 featured artist, Attendi Art gallery, London
2000 Group show, Art exposure gallery, Glasgow
2000 Young Contemporaries, Scottish gallery, Edinburgh
1999 RGI Annual show, winner of City of Glasgow award
1999 RSA Edinburgh, selected for Morrison Award
1999 Scottish Show, Attendi gallery, London
1999 Group show, Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 Christmas Show, Compass gallery, Glasgow
1998 Christmas Show, Edinburgh Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 RSA Selected for the Noble Gross Art prize, Edinburgh
1998 New Generation Show, Compass gallery, Glasgow