About Me

Many hours of my childhood were spent drawing, lying in front of the open fire and it wasn’t uncommon for me to fall asleep while creating a battle scene on a page of perforated printer paper.  It was almost inevitable that I would later end up applying to art college.

After four years studying at Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art I graduated with a Bdes (Hons) in Illustration & Printmaking. Returning to my home village on the coast of Galloway, south west Scotland, I found it difficult to find work using my skills. Instead, I travelled, spending a year in New Zealand and found employment with Poole Pottery in Dorset, and later a newspaper archive company.

In my free-time, I pursued my other passion of military history, recording the memories of men who had served in the 15^th Scottish Division in the Second World War, a project that again involved travel.

In 2014, when work unexpectedly came to an end, I took the decision to return to art and I have been earning my living as a full-time artist ever since. I would best describe my artwork as humorous countryside illustrations, covering the themes of farming, shooting and dogs. I work mainly in ink & watercolour. I have showcased my prints and greetings cards at fairs around the UK, including Scone game fair and the Royal Highland Show.

In recent years I have been commissioned to illustrate two children’s books, the first written by Alasdair Hutton, featured Dandie Dinmont Terriers and Abbotsford House in the Scottish Borders, and the second, Wheesht, was in the Scots Language, written by Susi Briggs who has served as the Scots Scriever for the National Library of Scotland.