Biography
1971-10 Born, Irvine, Scotland
1989-93 BA (hons) Design & Craft, 1st Class, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
1994-95 MA, Art & Design, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
1999-04 North East Artists Provision of Studios (NEAPS) Registered Charity, Secretary
2004-06 North East Artists Provision of Studios (NEAPS) Registered Charity, Chairman
2006-08 North East Artists Provision of Studios (NEAPS) Registered Charity, Secretary
2009-11 Part time Lecturer, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
Awards
1996 Shell Expro Employees Award, Aberdeen Art Gallery
1999 Morrison Portrait Award, RSA Edinburgh, Commendation Award
2001 Gray's Former Students, Aberdeen Art Gallery, First Prize
2004 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, First Prize
2005 The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, London, Runner Up
2008 Member, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters (RP)
2008 Chichester National Open Art Competition 2008, Regional Prize Winner (Scotland)
2011 Aberdeen Artists Society Annual Exhibition, First Prize
Commissions/Notable Portraits
1999 Series of 10 illustrations for limited edition 40 year old Glenfarclas Whisky
2004 The Miracle (Wife & Son, BP Portrait Award 1st Prize)
2004 Laura & Louise Merchant
2005 Peter Mullan, actor/director (Shortlisted, Garrick/Milne Prize)
2005 The Storm (Lyndsey Dawson portrait, Runner up in LPS Prize)
2005 Eleanor Grundy
2006 Bernard Hill, actor
2006 James & Phillipa Lord
2006 Before the Game (Conrad & Casper Paxton)
2006 Before the Return (Hanne, Rolf & Kristine Vaagen)
2006 The Telephone (Dr Margaret Black)
2006 Tiffany (Angharad & Rhiannon Jones)
2006 John Reynolds, Aberdeen Lord Provost
2007 Richard Ramsay, US Amateur Golf Champion 2006
2007 Bob Le Sueur, Jersey Art Gallery & Museum
2008 Ian McDiarmid, actor/theatre director
2008 Evan Redford
2008 Sir Peter Mansfield, The National Portrait Gallery, London
2008 Godfather (Neil McLeod with Jordan & Jessica Lyon)
2009 Peter Chapman Lay Canon St Paul's Cathedral
2009 Professor Anton Muscatelli, Principal & Vice Chancellor Heriot Watt, Edinburgh
2010 Annmarie & Tristan Pendleton
2010 Arthur Ryan, Founder of Primark, Associated British Foods, London
2010 Victoria Cavanagh
2010 Jemima O'Neil
Group Exhibitions
Aberdeen Artists Society Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery
Aberdeen Art Centre, Aberdeen
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London
Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire
The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh
Thompson's Gallery, Marylebone, London
Baillie Gallery, London
Red Rag Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
Glasgow Art Fair 2005
The Garrick/Milne Prize, London 2005
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, London 2005
Aspect Prize, Paisley Art Institute 2006
Singer & Friedlander Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London 2006
Chambers Gallery, London 2006
Battersea Art Fair, London 2006
Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition, London 2007
RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2008
McAuley Fine Art 2009
Chichester National Open Art Competition 2008
Sue Ryder, Art Liberating Lives 2008
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London,
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Chapel Row Gallery, Bath 2010
The Walker Cup, Royal Aberdeen Golf Club 2011
Solo Exhibitions
2005 Passengers, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
2007 Journeys, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
2010 Jersey Arts Centre, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
20012 Time & Tide, Rendezvous Gallery, Aberdeen
Books & Catalogues
1999 Entry in The Dictionary of Artists in Britain Since 1945,
David Buckman, Art Dictionaries Ltd, Bristol, England
2008 Cover illustration, Doing Pragmatics by Peter Grundy
Public Collections
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Aberdeen City Council
Royal Aberdeen Golf Club
Jersey Art Gallery & Museum
The National Portrait Gallery, London
St Paul's Cathedral Chapter House, London
BP Headquarters
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