Did you know that puffins love helter skelters? These ones do! Introducing the ‘Puffin Playground’, my 2.5m tall lighthouse sculpture for Light The North art trail, fundraising for Clan Cancer Support. When you are going through tough times it can feel a bit like you’re on a Helter Skelter. The lyrics from The Beatles song…
Tag: Scottish Artist
Help us Design Adventures for the new Children’s Theatre Suite at Ninewells!
I am so excited to be able to announce that I will be creating a whole series of giant bespoke illustrations for the new Children’s Theatre Suite at Ninewells! Local children and their families can help choose the artwork theme for the reception/waiting area of the suite. I can’t wait to see what they pick……
Wooden Diorama Mural for Roxburghe House, Dundee
We unveiled the giant wooden diorama mural that I created for Roxburghe House on Friday. It was inspired by patients, staff and the beautiful surroundings, including Balgay Park, Dundee – what a brilliant day! Creating the mural for Roxburghe House has been such a pleasure and a huge honour. The fantastic patients and staff have…
Sunny Dundee
It’s all in the Dundeetail! Did you know? Dundee is the only south-facing city in Scotland that regularly clocks up more hours of sunshine than any other. ☀️ 2018 saw ‘Sunny Dundee’ becoming a popular term in Dundee with #sunnydundee appearing everywhere – often coupled with bright yellow sunglasses and big smiles. The Sunny Dundee…
Family Life Story Mural
In Feb/March 2017 I created this mural for an incredibly lovely family. It tells the story of their lives with lots of hidden details in amongst a garden filled with their favourite flowers and creatures. What an absolute pleasure!
Exhibition: River Deep Mountain High
RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH – Archives to Artworks An exhibition to mark the Year of Coast and Water curated by Archive Services at the University of Dundee. Artists and creative writers were invited to respond to the University’s rich collections on the themes of rivers, seas, coasts and mountains. Original photographs, journals, plans and specimens…
Designing A Gift Range For Abertay University
Delighted to work with Abertay University to produce a gift range for them based on my ‘Secret Garden’ illustration. I graduated from Abertay and couldn’t be prouder to design these pieces for them. This is the wrapping paper. The illustration was an inktober project and the inspiration behind my Maggie’s Penguin Parade sculpture Maggie &…
Fun A Day Dundee Exhibition 2019
All the colours of the rainbow for this year’s Fun A Day Dundee exhibition at Wasps Meadow Mill Studios. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖 Here’s my piece “When You Make Time For Nonsense It Will Bring Lots Of Smiles” This year I decided to focus on fun, nonsense and exploring colour. I created a colourful world over the month…
“Bodies, Botanicals & Bindings: Reimagining Rare Books” Exhibition
Would you like a peek at the piece I created especially for the “Bodies, Botanicals and Bindings: Reimagining Rare Books” exhibition with Dundee University Archive Collections? I chose to collaborate with George Knorr, who originally created beautiful hand coloured copperplate engravings in ‘Deliciae Naturae Select’, 1754. I hope he would approve! The printed versions of…
Story Books and Fairy Tales Turned into Paper Sculptures for Charity Ball
I can finally unveil my Hansel and Gretel Storybook Ball piece that I have created for The Archie Foundation 🌲 It’s going to be auctioned on Saturday 25th August at The Chester Hotel 🌿 I hope it raises lots! It’s always makes me nervous when my work goes to auction! This intricate piece is hand…
P.P.Painting Penguins for Maggie’s Penguin Parade
Absolutely delighted to be the art co-ordinator and one of the artists for Maggie’s Penguin Parade in Dundee. We are fundraising for Maggie’s Dundee by releasing 80 giant painted penguins onto the streets of Dundee and beyond. There are 97 baby penguins on the loose too! By the end of September we hope to have…
Have You Met Harold and Pip?
“We’re calling the bar ‘Bird and Bear’.” “What a brilliant name” I replied to Phil with a big smile, “so what’s their story?” “We don’t know yet, but you like telling stories, would you like to come up with ours?” Without even the slightest hesitation I said yes. What an opportunity. Before I knew it…
