January 1
2014
Artworks for the public areas of the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews.
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.
Artworks for the public areas of the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews.
Nichol and his lovely wife Sue build an eco house.
Inaugrual exhibition of the facebook group “The Scottish Arts Council.”
A portrait of David Dunbar, the president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.
Collaboration with Alasdair Gray on the Western Baths mural. https://thewesternbaths.co.uk
The Hillhead Subway mural. Alasdair Gray was asked to make a large mural at Hillhead Subway station. As he decided to base it on one of my old drawings, a mural I had done in the Grosvenor café it was decided that he and his team would draw it and
Appeared on stage at Òran Mór for the Glasgow production of Fleck as part of the Margins Festival. Possibly the only time I will ever grace a stage, and to do it with Alasdair Gray, Alan Bissett, Allan Wilson, Zoe Strachan, Louise Welsh, Chiew Siah-Tei, Rodge Glass and Carl MacDougall.
The Opera paintings for La Bonne Auberge in Glasgow.
A portrait of Professor John Brown OBE the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
Worked closely with Paul Buchanan (formerly of the Blue Nile) to make his first major artwork. This was a large artwork for Kelvinhall subway station. It took the form of an elegant set of lyrics that could be read in many ways and from many directions (depending on how you
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.
