ABOUT MY ART
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My subjects are mostly places I know well, that I have visited often, building up a picture in my head of many past visits. I try to capture more than a fleeting impression, but a mix of senses and feelings built up over a period of time, rather than a factual representation of the place. I try to convey the dramatic energy of the weather and the vast scale, grandeur and remoteness of the highlands with its ever changing weather.
I often use a working method that is challenging and intense, paintings grow from the canvas often with no preconceived ideas, sometimes not knowing what I'm painting until near the end, they are often a journey in themselves as I pour, splatter, scratch, add & subtract paint. A painting that started as a mountain range in Perthshire can become a Hebridean seascape! |
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Inspiration for my art is drawn from my many wanderings in my youth through Glen Esk and the Angus glens, the Cairngorms and further afield on the west coast highlands and islands.
As well as travels throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Europe.
I am now based in Caithness, although I have lived and travelled extensively throughout Scotland especially the west coast highlands and islands, Torridon, Sutherland and Skye, which can be seen in many of my paintings. .
As well as travels throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Europe.
I am now based in Caithness, although I have lived and travelled extensively throughout Scotland especially the west coast highlands and islands, Torridon, Sutherland and Skye, which can be seen in many of my paintings. .
About me
After a varied career working on shooting estates in Scotland, a self employed builder in the South of France, London, New Zealand and the west coast of Scotland, with a bit of boat building, yacht delivery, animal wrangling, film extra and market trader along the way.
However a few years ago I decided to become a full time artist.
However a few years ago I decided to become a full time artist.
Exhibitions
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2019 - Resipole Studios, postcard exhibition
2019 - Skyeworks Gallery, Portree 2019 - The Gallery, John O'Groats 2018 - Caithness Horizons, Thurso 30 x 30 exhibition 2018 - Skyeworks Gallery, Portreee 2018 - Teasel & Tweed, Aberdeen 2018 - Strathpeffer Art Fair 2018 - Timespan 2017 - Strathpeffer Art Fair 2017 - Skyeworks Gallery, Portree 2017 -Society of Caithness Artists, Thurso 2017 - Teasel & tweed, Aberdeen 2017 - Gallery48 Cromarty 2017 - Timespan, Helmsdale 2017 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness 2016 - Teasels & Tweed, Aberdeen 2016 - Strathpeffer Art Fair 2016 - Latheron Art Show 2016 - Gallery48 Cromarty 2016 - Timespan Helmsdale 2016 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness 2015 - Timespan, Helmsdale, Winter Salon 2015 - Strathpeffer Art Fair 2015 - Beauly Art Gallery 2015 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness 2015 - Society of Caithness Artists , Thurso 2015 - The Blue Tree Gallery, Wick 2014 - Beauly Art Gallery 2014 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness. 2014 - Society of Caithness Artists , Thurso 2014 - Dunkeld art exhibition 2014 - Beauly Art Gallery, Art Around the Firth 2013 - Society of Caithness Artists. Thurso 2012 - Tore art gallery 2011- Tore art gallery, Tore, Highlands ( Christmas exhibition ) 2011- Dunkeld art exhibition, (open) Teazels Gallery - New Zealand, ( photography ) |
MY BLUE TREE GALLERY
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