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Two months as a full-time artist

At the start of 2026 I stepped into something I’d been quietly working towards for a long time, becoming a full-time artist. The world feels quite a chaotic place just now, and in that context choosing to focus on painting might seem like a small thing. But for me it has felt like creating a bit of space. Space to think, space to breathe, space to notice things again. And, perhaps most importantly, space to heal. Just over two months in, I can say that it’s going well. Not pe

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Mar 83 min read

Artist Books

Artist books and sketchbooks have long been a quiet but important part of my practice. They sit somewhere between object, image and experience not quite a book in the conventional sense and not quite an artwork for the wall. They ask to be handled, opened, lived with. Meaning unfolds slowly, through sequence, repetition, and pause. Recently, I’ve been returning to artist books as a way to think through landscape, memory, and material. Especially horizon lines and how these ar

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Jan 262 min read

Celebrating my ING Discerning Eye Award WIN

I’m thrilled to share some exciting news: two of my paintings were accepted into this year’s ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, and from over 6,500 entries, only 735 works were ultimately selected to hang. To have my work included in that small group feels incredibly special and then to receive the Outstanding Entry for the Scotland region on top of that has honestly left me beaming. A huge thank you to artist Polly Morgan, this year’s selector. I’ve admired her work for a long

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Nov 15, 20252 min read