Born in 1960 in the small mining community of Springside a few miles from the town of Kilmarnock on the west coast of Scotland. Life in the small Scottish town was very traditional and although I grew up in the moment of the 60 who felt more than 40 years. The formative years I spent in the company of several men dressed in dark clothes who smoke Madreselvas with great women in the form of missiles adorned with scarves and bibs. My father worked for British Rail and it gives me great pleasure to just sit at service stations atmospheric water vapor is always the most romantic and nostalgic for them to be.
Many paintings in the most romantic atmosphere HO - I think it's a great nostalgia for the old romantic in my heart! Therefore, it is not surprising that my favorite movie is "the man calmly." A man has escaped the school in 1976 and, finally, he fled Springside Teth Newcastle-upon-Tyne. This leap from the dream of business bullicio sterile and it was like to go directly to the frying pan into the fire. I found Newcastle had, however, the important role of the character known locally as "More Gadge much for giving me the inspiration to the end of life when he finally discovered my destiny as an artist. After several plants one who finally settled in 1988 to become a professional artist. I am completely self taught and after many years of development of style in my art that I shot pictures of my childhood and I transmitted Tyneside Gadge as local models in my paintings. The last couple of years is very exciting because my work bought his own life. Sales have disappeared from the sky and everybody seems to realize this number to be generated remotely. I am constantly surprised when seeing the results of Tables I move people in many cases women absorbent broken by a table created from memories of their father or grandparents.
After several exposures to sell one of Images that have been introduced in the Daily Mail does not work ten miles of the Turner Prize. entered and my painting was selected as one of the finalists who exhibited in commercial galleries in central London. My father worked for British Rail and I had a lot of fun just sitting in steam filled air stations which even today I find it plows the most romantic, nostalgic, you see many of my most romantic paintings in cart Seth quell'molto atmosphere. - I guess I'm just a big old fashioned nostalgic romantic at heart! Then you eat the surprise of many that ACE is not my favorite movie is "the man calmly." J 'I escaped the school in 1976 and eventually fled Springside Seth myself in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The leap from calm and quiet noise hurry as he was the entry of fried bread from the right into the fire . I found Newcastle had, and still have on the equitable sharing of "known locally Ace Gadge" character, which EDF me much inspiration for later in life when I finally discovered my destiny ace an artist. After the number of different jobs, I finally installed in 1988 to become a professional artist.
I am completely self taught and after many years developing my own style that I turned into images you remember from my childhood and I used the Gadge "local" Tyneside;. Ace models in my paintings the last two years have been particularly exciting as my work you have taken a life of its own. salts have gone through the roof and everything seems to see when it is recognized these types appear lonely. I 'M was continually surprised to see the effects on people my paintings on several occasions I have had women who move to tears absorbed by the painting that evokes memories of them to generate or grandfather. After selling a number of exhibitions of my paintings was included in the Mail "newspaper` s not the Turner Prize "ten thousand plants were seized and my painting was chosen as one of the finalists which were exhibited at Mall Galleries London ..
