Back in my March 2026 blog post I mentioned my connection with Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH). The connection began after I donated money to the charity through raffles of my artwork. I'm currently creating a piece of artwork to celebrate 100 years of the charity. This is an ongoing project that combines the portrait of Dr Kate Fraser, the original founder of the charity and the map of Scotland. As it is an open-ended project without time pressure I have allowed mys

What are the messages behind my work and what really inspires me? On the face of it these could be simple questions with simple answers but I do like to search for deeper meaning in things beyond what you see on the surface. I'm also inspired by different things depending on where I am, who I'm with and what ideas I may connect together in the moment. When my mind is in 'idea mode' I seem to have a constant stream of concepts but I'm not able to act on every single one. I us

This month, I thought I’d take a moment to look back. Ironically, I’m looking back to hopefully help me understand how things may look in the future. We are going to travel back to February 2022. In February of that year I left my permanent teaching position to “pursue” a career in art. I actually remember that I was scared making this decision. There was the nagging feeling of what if this doesn’t work out. The feeling of am I silly to leave something that gave me such secur