EDUCATION: 1986 - 1990 Glasgow School of Art BA (Hons) Fine Art, Painting.   AWARDS: 2005 Hospitalfield Alumni Association - Hospitalfield Trust House residency Royal Society of Watercolourists Award - Hospitalfield Trust House residency 2002 Highlands and Islands Artist Award Scottish Arts Council Professional Development Award 1999 Highlands and Islands Go & See grant Shortlisted for the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Award, London 1998 Highlands and Islands Go & See grant Shetland Enterprise Assistance Grant Winsor and Newton Award "Art in Nature" competition 1996 Highly Commended - the Bayer Images of our Earth competition 1995 Shortlisted for the Nat West Prize for Art 1993 Scottish Arts Council Grant 1990 John and Mabel Craig Bequest, Glasgow School of Art   SCHOLARSHIPS: 2000 SIR ROBERT MENZIES CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDIES - Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London - Research Fellowship at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts followed by travel and work in Hawaii, Pacific Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia – total of 16 months 1998 ALASTAIR SALVESEN TRAVEL SCHOLARSHIP - Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh - Travelled to West and South West States of America - May to August 1998. A solo exhibition of work inspired by the trip was held at the Royal Scottish Academy in November 1998. 1996 THE VILLIERS DAVID TRAVEL PRIZE, London - 1996 - Travelled to Hong Kong, Australia and the Pacific Islands - October 1996 to March 1997. As part of the award, a solo exhibition of work inspired by this experience was held at the Berkeley Square Gallery, London in May 1998   PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2005 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Hospitalfield House, Arbroath. Royal Society of Watercolourists Award and Hospitalfield Alumni Association Grant 2000 VISUAL ARTS FELLOWSHIP - Edith Cowan University, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Perth, Australia 1999 BRAZIERS INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS WORKSHOP - A 16 day intensive multimedia workshop for professional artists at Braziers Park, Oxfordshire 1997 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - School of Art, Hobart, Tasmania 1996 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - James Cook University, Queensland, Australia 1994-1995 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - Drumcroon Education Art Centre, Wigan. Bursary awarded by Marks and Spencer Plc. 1992 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE - Shetland Isles. Appointed by Scottish Arts Council & Shetland ArtsTrust.   PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Shetland Arts Trust; Shetland Museum; Eastwood District Council; Nimir Energy Services London; Palmer Cowen Solicitors; Royal Scottish Acacemy Edinburgh; Alastair Salvesen Trust Midlothian; Paintings in Hospitals Scotland; Edith Cowan University Western Australia; The Royal National Lifeboat Institute   COMMISSIONS: 1996 Victoria Hospice, Fife - 6 paintings 2 photographs 1995 The Archer Group London - 2 paintings 1995   PUBLICATIONS: 2002 1001 Reasons to Love the Earth, World Art Collection 1998 Shetland Coastlines Shetland Times Publications (photography) 2000 Shetland Landscape Postcards 1996 Shetland Isles Calendar 1997 (landscape photography) New Art International Book Art Press, New York   SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2005-2006 The Pentagon Centre, Glasgow "Organic Produce" 2000 S.E.A Gallery, Perth, Western Australia 1998 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh "Yellowstone: Fireholes and Acid Springs" Berkeley Square Gallery, London "An Australian Journey" 1997 Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland "Rocktopus" Firth Gallery, Edinburgh "Weathering Depths" Cadogan Contemporary, London 1995 Firth Gallery, Edinburgh "The Northern Edge" The Lybster Gallery, Caithness 1994 Sumburgh Airport Terminal, Shetland "Rock : Salt : Water" Sponsorship awarded by Shell UK. MacLaurin Gallery, Rozelle Estate, Ayr. 1993 Ironworks Gallery, Coatbridge, Glasgow. Awarded Scottish Arts Council Grant 1992 Sumburgh Airport Terminal, Shetland - "Where Land Meets Water" Sponsorship awarded by Shell UK and Glenmorangie Whisky.   SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2005 Christo’s, Glasgow Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen 2004 The Arthouse Studios, Nottingham Highland Open 2004, Inverness Nature in Art Museum, Gloucester “The Art of Travel” Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition 2003 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh “If I could go anywhere…” October 2003 On the Wildside Gallery, Worcester Glasgow Art fair, Glasgow with Highland Arts The Affordable Art Fair, London with Pivotal Art Art 2003 The London Contemporary Art Fair, London with Berkeley Square Gallery 2002 Scotlandart.com, Glasgow Obsidian Art, Berkshire Art.tm, Inverness Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, Islington, London Albemarle Gallery, London Pivotal Art, Glasgow Glasgow Art Fair, Glasgow with Art.tm Mall Galleries, London - Laing Art Competition for Landscape/Seascape 1999 Hanstholm Art Society, Denmark Maloy Dagene, Norway The British Lime Gallery, California Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Art 99 The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Berkeley Square Gallery 1998 City of London Art Fair with De Putron Fine Art The 20th Century British Art Fair, London with Berkeley Square Gallery Nature in Art Museum, Gloucester: Brunel University, Middlesex: Doncaster Museum, Doncaster - touring exhibition "Art in Nature" British Lime Gallery, California Art 98 The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Berkeley Square Gallery 1996 Mall Galleries, London - "The Discerning Eye" Mall Galleries, London - Bayer "Images of our Earth" competition Berkeley Square Gallery, London Cadogan Contemporary, London Crawford Arts Centre, Fife "Island Artists" Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow Glasgow Art Fair with Berkeley Square Gallery and Hirschl Contemporary Art The New Academy Gallery at Binder Hamlyn Fry (Accountants), London Cadogan Contemporary, London Art 96, The London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington with Berkeley Square Gallery 1995 Compass Gallery, Glasgow 1993 Flying Colours Gallery, Edinburgh Christie’s, Glasgow