First and foremost I am influenced by my immediate environment.
I work instinctively making connections with what is happening in my life through the exploration of a diversity of materials and techniques while remaining open to possibilities.
I want to surprise myself.
Relationships and the emotional ties that both bind and support us in life and the individual need to make a mark, to say 'I was here' interest me.
My family, living by the sea and my former work as an illustrator continues to inform my work.
I have also worked collaboratively with Elaine Allison for many years, to view our work follow the link under Alison and Bray.
Short cv
MFA. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee.
B.A.Hons. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee.
Awards/Scholarships
Fife visual arts award 2017
RSW Watermark award 2015
Fife visual arts award 2011
Fife visual arts award 2010
Scottish Arts Council funding award for CATS
(Creative and technical course for artists) DCA Print Studios Dundee 2001
John Kinross Travel Scholarship for three months
in Florence Italy 1999
Carnegie Trust Vacation Scholarship 1997
Work in public collections
RSA Royal Scottish Academy
DCA Dundee Contemporary Arts
Museum collections St Andrews University