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A Scot,
born in Ayrshire in 1936, he has been painting since childhood.
Schooled at Ayr Grammar & Ayr Academy, much of his youth was
spent with the fisherfolk of West Scotland & their boats &
he still cruises these waters each year
He trained at Glasgow School of Art, where he studied under Donaldson,
Mathieson & Robertson
His work reflects their influences & those of the Scottish colourists
who like him, spent much time in the wonderful light & colours
of the West Coast
In 1985, after many years in banking, he returned to Art & Design
when he established an interior design company in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
He continued to work in oils, mainly commissions for corporate &
private clients, but it was not until 1999, when the company was
sold, that more time became available for painting
His work is successfully shown in many galleries in England, Scotland
& abroad, most recently in Istanbul, where he was invited, as
a result of commission work, to have a solo exhibition at the British
Embassy, and a subsequent solo at one of the premier galleries in
the city
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, London, in
November 2004
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