Artist Statement

Art is serious fun. The psyche travelling through the eye, regarding itself and the world. Exploration, inspiration. Expression of the subjective through a merging with the objective. Spontaneity and play. There is a kind of alchemy in making sense impressions for the viewer out of the materials. Drawing meaning and feeling out of stuff. Matter is turning into spirit-information and re-creating itself in the viewer. Experience is reassembled to evoke a recognition of our common condition and to reveal new depths and potentials.

I am originally from Edinburgh, Scotland. Born in 1967, Im sure that era had some effect on me. I studied geology at the University of St. Andrews and later went to live in California to do environmental work. There I started painting seriously. Striving to improve my technique, free association driving the imagery, I gradually developed a body of intertwined works , sprouting like mushrooms from the underground mycelium of the subconscious. These found their way into various galleries and juried art festivals, onto CD covers, flyers and alternative magazines.

I moved to Tokyo for 5 years soaking up the richly visual culture there, and after a year in Barcelona now find myself adrift in the world , backpacking, painting as it comes, photographing and writing, seeing what I can of our disappearing heritage. Thanks to all of you who have encouraged me along the way. When I decide where to live, I intend to reinvest my artistic efforts . See you there.