“I’ve drawn and painted for most of my life, attending numerous courses covering different artistic disciplines, and have always taken inspiration from the natural world. I attended my first botanical painting course in 2009 and have focused almost exclusively on that discipline since then.

I tend to pick subjects based on what looks like a challenge, or what grabs my eye. I love the imperfect and the fading, and am always looking for interesting shapes and gestural forms. I have work in private collections worldwide, including in the Shirley Sherwood collection.”

Exhibitions and awards:
2013 ‘The Language of Flowers’, SBA, London
2014 ‘Botanical Garden’, SBA, London (St. Cuthbert’s Mill Award)
2014 Heil- und Giftpflanzen, Palmengarten, Frankfurt
2014 Strictly Botanical, Park Gallery, Falkirk
2015 ‘In Pursuit of Plants’, SBA, London
2015 The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool
2015 Voimagalleria, Kouvola, Finland
2015 New Beginnings at Doors Open, SSBA, Edinburgh (People’s Choice Award)
2015 Nature’s Bounty, SSBA, Hamilton (People’s Choice Award)
2016 Flora and Fauna, Thistle Gallery, Glasgow
2016 Beltie Books, Wigtown
2016 Shape, Pattern, Structure, SBA, London
2016 A Botanical Spring Fling, SSBA, Glasgow
2017 Artists and Illustrators Magazine ‘Artists of the Year 2017‘ Mall Galleries, London (Derwent Award)
2017 Annual Spring Exhibition, SSBA, Edinburgh
2017 Royal Scottish Academy Open Exhibition, Edinburgh
2017 ‘British Artists in the Shirley Sherwood Collection‘, Kew Gardens, London
2017 ‘Changing Seasons’, SBA, London
2017 ‘Art in Bloom’, Biggar
2017 ‘The Colours of Nature’, SSBA, Stirling
2017/18 ‘Unwrapped’, Thistle Gallery, Glasgow
2018 Open Studio, as part of Ayrshire Open Studios
2018 ‘Flora Scotia’, part of the Botanical Art Worldwide project, Edinburgh
2018 The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
2018 ‘Shapes of Nature’, SSBA, Milngavie
2019 Residency, Dumfries House
2019 Open Studio, as part of Ayrshire Open Studios
2019 ‘Bloom’, The Tolbooth, Lanark
2019 Plantae, SBA, London (Excellence in Media)