I've been back teaching and working in Glasgow, Scotland after living in Canada between 2014 and 2017. For several years now I've been working on a series of Rock Star portraits, mostly at album cover size (because it's great to see the growing popularity of vinyl again!).
I've taught Art, Design and Illustration in Scottish Further Education colleges for over 27 years, and in that time I've experimented with many different techniques, mediums and styles, refining my skills to produce many commissioned portraits for private clients, family and friends.
I started experimenting with the layering of my work and the inclusion of collage and photo montage several years ago as I want my art works to be more than just simple portraits. I want each piece I creat to really tell the story of the person’s life. Many of my portrait works have been created at quite a large scale and can take many hours to complete as every single image in my complex and colourful backgrounds is cut out and pieced together by hand. In my portraits I use a wide variety of mediums including pencil, colour pencil, fine-line pen, graphic marker, acrylic paint, inks and cut and layered paper. I am strongly influenced by music, movies, sports, advertising, graphic novels and the Pop Art masters.
