I was born, brought up, and educated in Paisley, after which I had the great good fortune to study at Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield.
Since graduating, (all those years ago) I have lived and worked in Glasgow, and exhibited widely, mostly in the UK. My work has always been figurative, and whatever form it takes, there is generally an element of portraiture involved. I also have a particular interest in theatre, in its broadest sense, and have made fascinating forays into the worlds of dance and opera.
Background
1954 - Born in Paisley, Renfrewshire
1971-76 - Studied at Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield
Awarded Diploma and Post Diploma Certificate
(Highly Commended) in Drawing and Painting
Solo Exhibitions
2015 - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh ‘Relative Values’
2012 - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 'A Portrait of Scottish Opera'
2010 - Thompson's Marylebone, London
2009 - Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 - Thompson's Marylebone, London
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh, 'A Pie, a Pointe and a Portrait'
Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow
2005 - Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow, 'A Portrait of Scottish Ballet'
1994 - Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
1993 - Ancrum Gallery, Roxburghshire
1989 - MacAulay Gallery, Stenton
Paisley Art Gallery
1988 - Compass Gallery, Glasgow
1986 - Sue Rankin Gallery, London
1981-82 - Drawings, Paintings and Surprises', A Touring Exhibition: Glasgow, Collins Exhibition Hall, Stirling, MacRobert Arts Centre, Aberdeen, Artspace
1978 - Glasgow School of Art - Cargill Scholarship Exhibition
Awards
2017 - Winner, Scottish Portrait Award in Fine Art
2015 - Derwent Award, Paisley Art Institute
2011 - Walter Scott Purchase Prize, RGI, Glasgow
Crinan Residency Award, RGI, Glasgow
Contemporary Fine Art Eton Award, Paisley Art Institute
John Green Prize, Paisley Art Institute
2010 - Millers' Creativity Award, Paisley Art Institute
RSW Residency, Garyvard, Lewis
2009 - RSW Hospitalfield Residency
2008 - The Small Painting Prize, Paisley Art Institute
2007- Alexander Graham Munro Award, RSW
2006 - Cyril Gerber Fine Art Award, Paisley Art Institute
2005 - 1st Prize, Scottish Drawing Competition
Awarded Diploma of the Paisley Art Institute
David Cargill Award, RGI
Strathearn Gallery Award, RGI
2003 - Cyril Gerber Award, Paisley Art Institute
Millers Art Prize, Paisley Art Institute
Garrick/Milne Competition Exhibition - Commissioning Prize: Portrait of David Suchet (for Garrick Club)
Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries London - Regional Prize
2000 - 1st Prize, Scottish Drawing Competition
1997 - 1st Prize, Scottish Drawing Competition
Elected RSW
1995 - John Green Prize, Paisley Art Institute
1991 - Paisley Art Institute Award, Scottish Drawing Competition
1988 - John Murray Thomson Award, Royal Scottish Academy
1984 - Elected member of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI)
1980 - Lady Artists' Club Trust Award
1979 - Lauder Award, Glasgow Society of Women Artists
1977 - Torrance Award, RGI
1976-77 - Cargill Travelling Scholarship to Colonsay and Italy
1976 - Postgraduate Studies, GSA
John and Mabel Craig Award
1975 - Travelling Scholarship (Italy and Yugoslavia)
W.O. Hutcheson Prize for Drawing
1974 - Robert Hart Bursary and Governors' Prize, Hospitalfield
