Statement
I perceive my current work to exist as flexible collections, each painting or drawing being just a single ‘frame’ in the series. Each can be considered singly but always exists in relation to its peers. Each exhibition is an opportunity to explore new arrangements, generating different dialogues and contexts within the work.
The images come from a variety of sources; newspapers, holiday snaps, personal objects, etc. These come and go in phases. I reproduce them using marks of line and paint that are important as direct evidence of my presence, a subjective trace of my involvement that the viewer can identify. This Morellian signature can also be found in the surfaces I choose to work on, cereal packets, envelopes, used printer paper; used overtly or as the raw material for my homemade paper, reflect my tastes and preferences on a fundamental level. The act of dating each piece serves to incorporate it into an ongoing diaristic process and provides another dimension of engagement for the viewer.
Selected Exhibitions
2012
Life is life, and kind is kind, The Telfer Gallery, Glasgow (solo)
2011
Vault Art Glasgow, The Briggait, Glasgow (art fair)
Art and Mavis’s Shoe, IRONBBRATZ, Glasgow (juried)
Weeks:Three, Studio 41, Glasgow
Self Portrait, Mash Gallery, St. Helens
2010
Shame, IRONBBRATZ, Glasgow
IRONBBRATZ Launch Exhibition, IRONBBRATZ, Glasgow
Versus, Market Gallery, Glasgow (group residency)
2009
Mezzanine, 51 Grant St, Glasgow
2008
Empty Nest, 300 Duke St, Glasgow
2006
Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (travelling)
2005
Art with less Carbs, Bistro du Sud, Glasgow (solo)
Members Exhibition, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Film and Music Show, Kazoo Club, Barfly, Glasgow
2004
American Landscape, The Biscuit Factory, Hove (solo)
Group Exhibition, The ConTemporary Gallery, Hove
Awards & Other Activities
2011 - Artist Member, Royal Glasgow Institute
2011 - Drawing Booth participant, Vault Art Glasgow, The Briggait, Glasgow
2010 - Invited participant, Glory an exhibition by Pietro Fortuna, Tramway, Glasgow
2010 - Group residency, VERSUS, Market Gallery, Glasgow
2004 - Collaborative Film Project with Stonefloat, Portal Music Café, Madison, WI
2004 - Winner, Rotary Club Photography Competition, Henley Bridge Branch, UK
2001 – 04 - Collaborative Film Projects with YourGardenDay, Sussex, UK
Education History
2012 – 15 MFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2000 – 03 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Northbrook College of Art, Worthing, UK
2000 Art Foundation Course, Reading College of Art, Reading, UK
1999 Ceramics A-Level, Henley College, Henley-on-Thames, UK
