MEET THE ARTIST
Since graduating from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA(Hons) in 1986, I have been a professional artist with regular solo and group exhibitions around the UK and abroad. I am an elected member of the RSW (Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour). For the last 6 years have led the Scottish group of artists to the international watercolour convention in Italy, ‘FabrianoinAcquarello’ and am Scottish country leader for the InArte Watercolour Platform. I teach occasional workshops in various locations and a regular private class at the Hub@531, Juniper Green in Edinburgh. My work is in numerous private and corporate collections worldwide including Adam and Co., Edinburgh, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, author Ian Rankin and Paintings in Hospitals, Scotland.
Dame Elizabeth Blackadder DBE was my tutor at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as part of my degree course. From her I developed a love of watercolour, flowers and plants which has subsequently been the mainstay of my career as an artist. The versatility of watercolour lends itself particularly to the depiction of flowers. The quantity of water is key to watercolour painting: I like to play with the balance between detailed work and the abstract effects of too much water… and lots of colour. As well as botanical subjects, I also paint cityscapes, landscapes and portraits.
BIOGRAPHY
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Selected recent solo and 2-person exhibitions
2022 UNIONgallery, Edinburgh- joint exhibition during the International Edinburgh Festival with Ann Oram RSW
2021 UNIONgallery, Edinburgh – Thompson’s Aldeburgh – winner of Visitor’s Vote at ‘BudapestinAcquarello’, Hungary
2019 UNIONgallery, Edinburgh – Smithy Gallery, Blanefield, joint exhibition with Angus McEwan PPRSW RWS AWS NWS AWI RGI
2018 UNIONgallery, Edinburgh
2017 Thompson’s Aldeburgh, Suffolk – Smithy Gallery, Blanefield
2016 UNIONgallery, Edinburgh
2015 Smithy Gallery, Blanefield
Selected recent group exhibitions
2025 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) annual open exhibition, Edinburgh – Red Rag Gallery, Bath, ‘In the Garden’ – Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire, Spring exhibition – FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy
2024 Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) annual open exhibition, Edinburgh – FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy – FabrianoinAcquarello, Fort Worth, Texas – Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh, Small Paintings – Ballater Gallery, Aberdeenshire, Small Paintings
2023 FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy – Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) annual open exhibition, Edinburgh – Aussie Watercolour Muster, Cairns, Australia
2022 FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy – Thompsons Aldeburgh, Suffolk – Fabriano International Watercolour Biennial Prize 2022, Italy
2021 FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy – BudapestinAcquarello, Hungary – RSW
2019 Thompsons Aldeburgh, Suffolk – Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire – Ballater Gallery, Deeside – UNIONgallery, Edinburgh – FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy – RSW – Aussie Watercolour Muster, Brisbane
2018 Thompsons Aldeburgh, Suffolk – FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy – RSW
2017 FabrianoinAcquarello, Italy
2016 RWS – RI