ARTIST CV       CAREER       PROJECTS

 

CV

1972 – 73 Designer/production assistant Theatrepoint Drama, Paisley

Theatrical presentation: Play (Samuel Beckett), Johnstone Theatre Festival; The Borage Pigeon Affair (James Saunders)

 

1973 – 77 GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART | D.A.

Studied Liberal arts, Painting, Mixed Media, Cinema

 

1981 – 82 GLASGOW COLLEGE OF BUILDING AND PRINTING | Dip.Gr.Rep.

Thesis on Three Methods of Lithographic Reproduction

 

1999 INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, Hastings | CELTA

 

 

RESUME

1977 – 1979

Public Art projects: Garnethill Glasgow, Dudhope Centre, Dundee, Northfield & Willowbrae Community Centre, Edinburgh

 

1980-1982

Art tuition, freelance, Edinburgh

 

1983 – 1986

Artist, Designer & publicist, Edinburgh Books Collective (First of May Bookshop), Edinburgh

 

1986

Fine Art tutor, Gallery tours tutor, City of Edinburgh Community Education

 

1991 -1999

UnGroup, Edinburgh

 

1989-1999

Critical theory/Philosophy/Literature Courses, Open Studies, University of Edinburgh

 

1993- 1994

New Philosophies, undergraduate lectures/seminars, Historical & Critical Studies Department, Glasgow School of Art

 

1999 – 2004

Theory Groups (Tertulia), Madrid

Landscapes and Portraiture

Ongoing photographic projects, Madrid, London, Edinburgh

 

2004 – 2017

Painting projects:

'The Book' Series of abstract and semi-abstract oil paintings charting literary connections

'Allegories' Series of tableaux centred on contemporary culture

'River Paintings' Apocryphal landscapes and abstract 'colour field' works

Portraits: Ongoing work to commission and themed series.

 

2012 – 2014

ARC Theory Group (at Forest+ Centre, Edinburgh). Interface between visual/performance arts, discursive exploration and writing/reading

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I am a painter, a tutor of fine art, philosophy and critical studies, and a writer of prose

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