I'm a Scot living and working in Florida, USA.  I  use a range of media to create artworks. My first piece of art was exhibited in the Mclaurin Gallery  in Ayrshire, Scotland as a teen.  My high school art teacher introduced me to watercolor paints and screen printing and I was up and running. Since then, I've added oil painting and clay sculpture into my work. My first framed painting  was a rendering of my father's fishing boat coming to the pier in my hometown of Girvan, Scotland. 
 
I paint what I like, what I miss or what's on my mind. I'm always drawn to things that remind me of home. Scottish landscapes provide a vehicle to take me home or connect with the people and things I miss as I've lived and worked far from home for much of my adult life. I use photographs of favorite places, people or objects as inspiration from a distance.  I'm also inspired by the vulnerability and strength of the human form which features in my work. In the light and freedom of Florida I work in my studio - lovingly called the Arty Bar.  My Weimaraner dog, Velvet, is often at my feet (or onthe sofa as she likes her comfort) in the studio.