Qualifications

2020 – 2021: Portfolio Course | Bridge House Art, Ullapool 

1989 – 2019: Professor of Conservation & Ecologist | University of Aberdeen / CEH. Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) for outstanding contributions to science

1982 -  1989: Ph.D. & B.Sc. in Ecology,  Leeds University

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024: Thin Places. Resipole Studios, Ardnamurchan.

2022: An Inner Place. Clashnettie Arts Centre, Aberdeenshire.

 

Group Exhibitions

2026: Lochs and Rivers, Group Show. Speybank Gallery, Grantown on Spey

2026-2019:  Regular contributor to seasonal shows at Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen, Tolquhon Gallery Ellon, and Resipole Studios, Ardnamurchan

2021:  3-artist show, Heinzel Gallery, Aberdeen.

2020: 2-artist show, Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire.

 

Annual Open Society Shows

2022 & 2025: Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW), Edinburgh

2024 & 2025: Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), Mall Galleries, London

2023 & 2025: Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), Bankside Gallery, London

 

Awards/Grants received

2026: Winner, The Richard Plinke Prize for Colour (214th RI Open Exhibition)

2026: Winner, The Watermark Award (145th RSW Open Exhibition)

2026: Winner, The Michael Harding People's Choice Award (RWS Open Exhibition)

2025: Winner, The Baohong Artists' Watercolour Prize (213th RI Exhibition)

2025: Shortlisted, The Highland Art Prize