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Welcome. I am a landscape painter, a sometimes architect and a secret poet, and can often be seen battling the elements on a Saturday morning Parkrun down at the Cramond seafront here in Edinburgh. For a long time I taught at various institutions including Edinburgh College of Art and Napier University. I’ve won awards in the past in painting and in architecture. Now I paint every day. Sometimes I write poetry and wish I had more time to pursue this, so I think it a lot rather than write it, usually over a cup of tea and a quiet meander in the garden in the early hours. Or when I’m painting, so it should come through visually.

I hope you enjoy looking at my paintings here on this website. My work is not always consistent. Having a background in design and fine art can produce different approaches, sometimes separate, sometimes mixed. The paintings are of the moment, what I feel at the time. Sometimes space and order and the conscious decision making process take over, sometimes they are instinctive as I get lost in the fluidity of the paint. But they are all as honest an approach as I can have on that day. So I’ve stopped worrying about being a consistent painter, after all I’m not a consistent person, some days energetic, often quiet and contemplative and that’s reflected in the work.

This website shows a selection only.  I always have new work in progress and can be contacted via this website.  See contacts page for where I am exhibiting throughout the year or above for where I am this month.

Private commissions are always welcome and everything is priced sensibly, no pressure. About half my workload is now commissions which have built up over the years. You are always welcome to call or email for a chat about something you’re thinking about and I’d always be pleased to hear from you.

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