About

I am a Scottish artist who has enjoyed a varied career. I graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1993, and worked as a bouncer, a chef, a stonemason and a blacksmith before returning to art in 1999 to set up Perfect Circle, a commercial fine art company. Perfect Circle ran for 15 years, alongside Maryhill Art School which I set up with two other tutors. At the same time I set up and ran Strange Frames, a bespoke framing company. I spent 15 years collaborating with my hero, the Scottish artist and writer Alasdair Gray on his visual work and public projects. I’ve also worked for Oscar winning film designers, made huge mosaics, and acted as the arts consultant for infrastructure projects. I now live in the countryside working from a studio that I built during lockdown, and painting the Scottish landscape among other passions.

2022
2022 The Beithir begins!
2022 The Beithir begins!

I’m making a sculpture in Maryhill / Ruchill / Gilshochill. It’s of a Beithir, one of the Fuath. It’s designed to be made and then mosaiced by the three communities that are being rejoined by the new wonderful bridge at Stockingfield Junction. Glasgow Live – The Beithir begins! https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/mythical-serpent-form-centrepiece-new-24829827

2022 Speaking at the “Making Imagined Objects: The 2nd International Alasdair Gray Conference”

I was honoured to speak at the Making Imagined Objects: The 2nd International Alasdair Gray Conference which was a series of talks, debates, exhibitions and social events on my late dear friend the acclaimed writer and artist whose works included Lanark, 1982, Janine and A History Maker, as well as

2021
2021
2021

New Studio

2021
2021

The Smugglers Club. www.thesmugglersclub.co.uk

2021

Building the New Studio.

2020
2020
2020

The Unlikely Clan – Dance once with everyone. A group show with 4 other figurative artists. Cherylene Dyer, Frank McNab, Jane Gardiner and Todd Garner

2020
2020

Strange Path. solo show.

2019
2019
2019

Tam o’Shanter.

2019
2019

Lost Castles. solo show.

2019
2019

Joined the Distillers Art, an independent bottlers with a keen interest in art. I am the commissioning artist.

Notable works

The Tam o’Shanter cycle of murals at Òran Mór.

Painting the ceiling of the auditiorium at Òran Mór for Alasdair Gray.

Manufacturing the Hillhead Subway Mural for Alasdair Gray, which was based on one of Nichol Wheatley’s drawings.

Ceiling of St Aloysious – in conjunction with Page and Park.

Portrait of David Dunbar – President of the Royal Incorporation of Architects Scotland.

Murals for set of Trainspotting 2.

Concept Artist for Outlaw King, the largest film production to date in Scotland.

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