I’m delighted and surprised to have been voted into the next round of Saatchi Online’s ‘In Living Color’ Showdown. I’m amongst 300 artists, out of an initial 3,500! See http://www.saatchionline.com/showdown/view/showdown/13

Some student work, held in the Art In Healthcare collection.

I’m delighted to have some of my work included in the BBC’s Your Paintings website, in partnership with The Public Catalogue Foundation. The work included here is in collections at NHS Tayside and Grampian Hospitals Art Trust.

I’ve just hung some paintings at one of my favourite places in Fife – Pillars of Hercules Organic Farm, near Falkland. Why not pop in for a fair-trade coffee, some home baking or a wonderful organic, vegetarian lunch… and take a look at these paintings too! Visit and ‘Like’ the Pillars Facebook page here. There’s

For those of you in and around the Glasgow area, be sure to visit The Annan Gallery on Woodlands Road. For the next week or so, they have my 6ft square painting entitled ‘Euphoria’ taking up most of their window!

Here’s some recent photos of a painting in progress. You can see the reddish brown ‘ground’ and the under drawing slowly disappear. I draw a grid on the canvas before creating the under drawing, to scale up from the photograph.              

Well it’s been quite a busy time over the last month or so… A successful show with Annan Gallery in April, and an equally successful Bristol Art Fair with Frames Gallery, hosting art classes with a stroke group in Kirkcaldy and also with Primary 1 and 2 children this week! Great to work with so

Here’s what I’m working on right now. It’s been such great weather, I’ve even been painting in the garden!    

Every so often, I’ll post news of what I’m up to in the studio and show photos of work in progress. Check back often to see new paintings are they are created, and keep up to date with where I’m exhibiting work.