Although I was taught not to ‘mix’ mediums at art school and
to limit myself to one art form, I have never been able to stick to this.
I am fascinated by the endless variety of materials available and during
my career I have produced a diverse body of work, using doors, ironing boards,
performance and also canaries.
Currently my paintings follow a theme of repetition versus uniqueness and this includes studies of wallpaper patterns, a series that uses the formal floral print. I use the texture or the paint to ‘set it free’; the pattern dissolves and/or changes, through painting, as though nature has claimed it back. (As with real wallpaper, when it fades and peels and the layers of the past are revealed and mixed with the new).
I like using practical and utilitarian images and putting feeling, wildness and nature back into them and vice versa. I have worked a lot with painting items of clothing and shoes, particularly my daughters red shoes, which I find symbolic and emotive. I have painted them over and over; to me they reflect the passing of time and the joy of the individuality within the mass-produced. I like flirting with pattern, leaving the symmetry and then returning to it.
More recently I have found a good source of deer hide from a forester and have been using it to paint onto. I find that it relates directly to the local landscape and it contains within it, a sense of ‘bringing back to life’.
Qualifications
1989-1992
BA Hons Degree in Fine Art Sculpture
Camberwell School of Art
London
1986-1988
BTEC Diploma in Art & Design
Ipswich School of Art.
England
Recent Exhibitions
June 07 The Gallery Theatre, Ahoskie NC. USA
July- August 07 Alamance County Arts Council, Graham. NC. USA
Sept- Nov 07 The Sawtooth Gallery. Winston, Salem. USA
June- 07 Art Staff Show- Midmills College Inverness
July 07 ‘The Art of Being Highland’ Highland Artists. Midmills College. Inverness
August 07 ‘Double Vision’, Highland Artists. St. Mary’s Vault Inverness.
Summer Show 07 Plockton Gallery. Ross-shire.April- September- University of Highlands and Islands Exhibition
March-June 07 ‘The Conceptualists’ 3 Artists Show. Bottega Art Gallery. Wilmington, North Carolina. USA
March 07 Online Exhibition ’12 inches’ Highland Artists Launch
Jan 06-March 07 University of North Carolina. USA
May-June 07 ‘This One Feels Just Right’ Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. Six Cities Design Festival
September 06 ‘Imagining the Centre’ ‘Lorg’ sound/ space Installation. Inverness Church Street.
July 06 Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh.
June 06 Cone 9 Galleries, North Berwick. Scotland
June 06 Plockton Gallery, Ross-shire, Scotland
May 06 Fortunes Rock Gallery, Alabama, USA.
March 06 Highland Open Exhibition, Touring Highlands of Scotland
Jan 06 Shapes Fine Art Auctions, Edinburgh
Nov 05 The Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh
Oct 05 Shapes Fine Art Auctioneers. Edinburgh.
Sept 05 Stabilism III. The Stables Studios Cromarty
August 05 Fashionable Viktor. Red Door Gallery. Edinburgh Festival
June 05 ‘Stepping Out.’ One Woman Show.Cone 9 Gallery, North Berwick
June 05 ‘Scottish Artists’. Pentagon Business Centre. Glasgow
May 05 The Bristol Affordable Art Fair. CCA Galleries. England
April 05 Glasgow Art Fair, George Square. Glasgow. Scotland
Jan 05 The London Art Fair. Islington, London
Jan 05 Inverness Airport.
Older Exhibitions
Dec 04 Two Woman Show. The Cromarty Training Centre Gallery. Cromarty
Nov 04 The Lillie Art Gallery Xmas Show. Glasgow
Oct 04 The London Affordable Art Fair. London. Highland Arts
May 04 Highland Open Exhibition. Inverness and touring Scottish Highlands
Sep 04 The Pentagon Business Centre. ‘The Stables Show’. Glasgow
April 04 Glasgow Art Fair, George Square Glasgow
March 04 ‘Aspects of The Divine’. Bridgend Gallery. Aberdeen
Dec 03 Stabilism II. ‘The Horse Has Bolted’. Cromarty
Sept 03 Art.tm Members Show. Inverness
Dec 02/03 ‘Patterns’ Two Woman Show - Eden Court Theatre. Inverness
June 02 ‘One Woman’ The Board Room, The Pentagon Centre Exhibitions. Glasgow
Sept 02 ‘Stabilism’ The Stables Studios, Cromarty
Publications
Illustrations ‘Owlsbury Bottom’ Shumark Press
Images in ‘Northwords’ magazine 03-04, winter edition
Images in Glasgow Gallery Guide summer 04
Film
2003-04 ‘The GM Documentary’. Camera work
‘Stories and Legends of The Black Isle’
Oaks Bark Studios, Glasgow.
Runners up for Kids for Kids Festival Athens 2004
Leeds Film Festival 2004
Currently my paintings follow a theme of repetition versus uniqueness and this includes studies of wallpaper patterns, a series that uses the formal floral print. I use the texture or the paint to ‘set it free’; the pattern dissolves and/or changes, through painting, as though nature has claimed it back. (As with real wallpaper, when it fades and peels and the layers of the past are revealed and mixed with the new).
I like using practical and utilitarian images and putting feeling, wildness and nature back into them and vice versa. I have worked a lot with painting items of clothing and shoes, particularly my daughters red shoes, which I find symbolic and emotive. I have painted them over and over; to me they reflect the passing of time and the joy of the individuality within the mass-produced. I like flirting with pattern, leaving the symmetry and then returning to it.
More recently I have found a good source of deer hide from a forester and have been using it to paint onto. I find that it relates directly to the local landscape and it contains within it, a sense of ‘bringing back to life’.
Qualifications
1989-1992
BA Hons Degree in Fine Art Sculpture
Camberwell School of Art
London
1986-1988
BTEC Diploma in Art & Design
Ipswich School of Art.
England
Recent Exhibitions
June 07 The Gallery Theatre, Ahoskie NC. USA
July- August 07 Alamance County Arts Council, Graham. NC. USA
Sept- Nov 07 The Sawtooth Gallery. Winston, Salem. USA
June- 07 Art Staff Show- Midmills College Inverness
July 07 ‘The Art of Being Highland’ Highland Artists. Midmills College. Inverness
August 07 ‘Double Vision’, Highland Artists. St. Mary’s Vault Inverness.
Summer Show 07 Plockton Gallery. Ross-shire.April- September- University of Highlands and Islands Exhibition
March-June 07 ‘The Conceptualists’ 3 Artists Show. Bottega Art Gallery. Wilmington, North Carolina. USA
March 07 Online Exhibition ’12 inches’ Highland Artists Launch
Jan 06-March 07 University of North Carolina. USA
May-June 07 ‘This One Feels Just Right’ Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. Six Cities Design Festival
September 06 ‘Imagining the Centre’ ‘Lorg’ sound/ space Installation. Inverness Church Street.
July 06 Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh.
June 06 Cone 9 Galleries, North Berwick. Scotland
June 06 Plockton Gallery, Ross-shire, Scotland
May 06 Fortunes Rock Gallery, Alabama, USA.
March 06 Highland Open Exhibition, Touring Highlands of Scotland
Jan 06 Shapes Fine Art Auctions, Edinburgh
Nov 05 The Red Door Gallery, Edinburgh
Oct 05 Shapes Fine Art Auctioneers. Edinburgh.
Sept 05 Stabilism III. The Stables Studios Cromarty
August 05 Fashionable Viktor. Red Door Gallery. Edinburgh Festival
June 05 ‘Stepping Out.’ One Woman Show.Cone 9 Gallery, North Berwick
June 05 ‘Scottish Artists’. Pentagon Business Centre. Glasgow
May 05 The Bristol Affordable Art Fair. CCA Galleries. England
April 05 Glasgow Art Fair, George Square. Glasgow. Scotland
Jan 05 The London Art Fair. Islington, London
Jan 05 Inverness Airport.
Older Exhibitions
Dec 04 Two Woman Show. The Cromarty Training Centre Gallery. Cromarty
Nov 04 The Lillie Art Gallery Xmas Show. Glasgow
Oct 04 The London Affordable Art Fair. London. Highland Arts
May 04 Highland Open Exhibition. Inverness and touring Scottish Highlands
Sep 04 The Pentagon Business Centre. ‘The Stables Show’. Glasgow
April 04 Glasgow Art Fair, George Square Glasgow
March 04 ‘Aspects of The Divine’. Bridgend Gallery. Aberdeen
Dec 03 Stabilism II. ‘The Horse Has Bolted’. Cromarty
Sept 03 Art.tm Members Show. Inverness
Dec 02/03 ‘Patterns’ Two Woman Show - Eden Court Theatre. Inverness
June 02 ‘One Woman’ The Board Room, The Pentagon Centre Exhibitions. Glasgow
Sept 02 ‘Stabilism’ The Stables Studios, Cromarty
Publications
Illustrations ‘Owlsbury Bottom’ Shumark Press
Images in ‘Northwords’ magazine 03-04, winter edition
Images in Glasgow Gallery Guide summer 04
Film
2003-04 ‘The GM Documentary’. Camera work
‘Stories and Legends of The Black Isle’
Oaks Bark Studios, Glasgow.
Runners up for Kids for Kids Festival Athens 2004
Leeds Film Festival 2004