I studied drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art tutored by Robin Phillipson , William Gillies and Bob Callender and was involved with education before I stopped teaching in 2000 to devote my time to painting.

I have always been attracted to shapes, texture and colour. I work with landscape, still life and a mixture of the two. The media used changes from day to day as I continue to experiment with hand made paper, ink, pencil and mainly water based paints. My work often veres towards purely abstract paintings.

Travelling and finding new images is essential to my work but having preconceived ideas of what I might find are usually wrong. Visual images and excitement can appear from various sources when least expected. This inspiration is invaluable.

I especially enjoy finding out what other nationalities choose for building and the adornment of their houses and interiors. For instance, having experienced the beautiful sophistication of Japanese design and fabric, visiting Indian village interiors of Gujarat and Rajasthan came as a refreshing contrast. My collection of objects and fabrics from other countries is used endlessly and objects arranged and rearranged in my paintings encouraging ideas about the common links between people and places across the world.

My paintings reflect these interests and inspiration and I am constantly searching for images which will surprise and delight the viewer and encourage them to wonder.

Biography
2007 Elected Honorary Member of Visual Arts Scotland
Vice President - Visual Arts Scotland 2001 -2006
Elected Artist Member of Paisley Art Institute
Director of Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists 2004 - 2006
Head of Art and Design (The Mary Erskine School Edinburgh until 2000)
Elected Professional Member SSWA
Teacher of Art and Design in Fife and Lothian
BA (Hons) Open University
DA (Drawing and Painting) Edinburgh College of Art

Awards
Plein Air Prize Paisley Art Institute 2007
Peter Potter Prize - VAS 2004
Dorothy Duff Memorial Prize - VAS 2004
Lily McDougal Award - SSWA