I'm a painter based in Aberdeen, working in acrylics. My subject is the built environment: architecture, interiors, the quiet geometry of rooms and facades - and the natural world that surrounds it, particularly water and light. Living on the northeast coast of Scotland, it's hard to ignore either.

I studied art to Advanced Higher level at school, then set it aside for over a decade. In the years that followed, I studied Politics and Sociology at university before building a career in healthcare operations - and it was only as I progressed within a corporate space that I began to understand something: the instincts that made me effective, the way I approached problems and people, were rooted in creativity all along. When the pandemic arrived in 2021, picking up a brush again made immediate, obvious sense.

Since then I've painted consistently, fitting it around everyday life whenever I can. Alongside some short courses, my practice has been shaped largely by doing: experimenting, observing, and following my instincts.

My style is still evolving, and I've come to see that as something to lean into rather than resolve. Each painting is an attempt to find something worth looking at - whether in the personality of a building, the stillness of an empty room or the way light moves across water.