Artist's Statement

Being an artist is akin to being an explorer: life is full of curiosities that require investigation.

For me it's people. There's an awful lot of people out there.  I'm not going to run out of subject-matter soon.

 

Tel: 01542 882146  mob: 07733022789

 Email: sm.art@btinternet.com

Web.  www.sm.art.btinternet.co.uk

 

Qualifications

Higher National Certificate Fine Art, Inverness Art College 1998

Higher National Diploma Fine Art, Moray College 1999

Bachelor Fine Arts, Moray College 2002

 

Exhibitions

Inverness Art College HNC Show 1998

Moray College HND Show 1999

Moray Arts Society regularly since 1999 to present

Church Gallery Inverness Aug/Sept1999

Still Life Studio, Dufftown Summer 2000

Aquadome Inverness Aug 2001 solo exhibition of swimming paintings

Work on public display for one year thereafter.

Degree Show Moray College June 2002

Conoco Aberdeen Nov 2002

Marischal Gallery Aberdeen Dec/Jan 2002/3

Duff House National Gallery May 2003

Curated exhibition/auction of art, involving 73 Scottish artists to raise money in aid of  Mina Lawal, Nigerian Woman sentenced to death by stoning, raised £6000 plus money going to Amnesty International.

Glasgow Gallery Modern Art, Sanctuary Exhibition, summer 2003

Milton Gallery Crathes summer/autumn exhibition2003, autumn exhibition 2004

Tugnet, Speybay, Moray Whale and Dolphin Conservancy Council. Artist in residence, summer festival June 1-8 2003. Worked with hundreds of school children and members of public producing artwork with an ecological theme.

Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Fochaber Institute, connect with the above, I produced three pieces during my residency which were sold at the exhibition to raise money for the Whale and Dolphin Conservancy Council.

Syllavethy “Rise Competition” short listed, took part in exhibiton July to Oct 2003

Garage Exhibition, Wyness Hall October 2003

Gallery Heinzel,Something Completely Different Feb 2004

Spring Show Carby Arts 2004

Channel Five Big Art Channel Semi finalist. Baltic Gallery Newcastle, Autumn 2004

Appeared  in Television Series connected to this event.

Spring Show Dabhands Gallery Aberdeen 2005

Hamnavoe Gallery Aberdeen May/June onwards 2005

Concourse Gallery Aberdeen July/Sept 2005 with Sandy Grant

Elgin Gallery, The Library Oct/Nov 2005

Aid Awareness Day, Maritime Musuem, Marischal College Aberdeen work on display at event and for period afterwards, at the above.

Harbour Gallery,Broughty Ferry Dundee winter 2006

Aberdeen Public Gallery, Aberdeen Artists Society Spring show 2006                          

Aberlour Still Life Gallery Celtic Connection Show 2006

Bridge Street Gallery Spring Show 2006

 North East Open Studios, Spring Show, Milton Gallery 2007

 

My work is in private collections as far afield as Australia, France and America.

Also more locally here in Moray and other areas of the UK.