Majorcan Landscape

acrylic on paper

68 x 74 cms

I was fascinated by the difference in colours of the...

Perasma

acrylic on paper

60 x 56 cms

This was a trip with friends made through the Samaria...

Stockbridge

acrylic on paper

50 x 50 cms

Kilimi II

acrylic on paper

66 x 70 cms

La Lubina II

acrylic on canvas

201 x 234 cms

I was entertained by watching the Police enjoy their tapas...

La Lubina

acrylic on canvas

201 x 234 cms

Polka Dot Portrait

acrylic on canvas

140 x 170 cms

Eleven Red Roses

acrylic on canvas

201 x 234 cms

In Greece, it is the custom to send odd numbers...

Anterastes

acrylic on paper

208 x 213.5 cms

Majorcan Landscape

acrylic on paper

94 x 90 cms

Minoika

acrylic on paper

150 x 55 cms

This was a friend’s new club in Heraklion, Crete, decorated...

Canale

acrylic on paper

152 x 155 cms

This is a self-portrait with two men in the background...

To Loulouthi II

acrylic on canvas

129.5 x 150 cms

To Loulouthi

acrylic on canvas

129.5 x 150 cms

A scene from El Mondo’s bar in Chania, Crete

Chania Storm

acrylic on canvas

129.5 x150 cms

This was a walk by the port in Chania in...

Kokos

acrylic on canvas

168 x188 cms

Xorismos

acrylic on canvas

150 x 142 cms

Lanterna

acrylic on canvas

150 x 142 cms

Despina dancing in Athens.

369 Gallery

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 60 cms

Agia Roumeli

acrylic on paper

175 x152 cms

This is an unusual view in the south of Crete...

Aradona Gorge

acrylic on paper

150 x 142 cms

Inspired by a trip to Sfakia with the White mountains...

Coburg Street

acrylic on paper

150 x 142 cms

A scene from with, Edinburgh.

Self-portrait Santorini

acrylic on paper

129 x 127 cms

I’m wearing a hat I swapped in a shop in...

Tsalikis

acrylic on canvas

132 x 155 cms

A group of women showering after a swim in...

Seaforth Club

acrylic on paper

150 x 155 cms

This was a scene from the Seaforth Highlanders’ Club in...

Burns Supper

acrylic on paper

106 x 129 cms

Sketch for Anterastes

acrylic on paper

Guitarist

acrylic on paper

101 x 68 cms

This is Alpin playing the guitar.

Northern Line

acrylic on paper

95 x 100 cms

I saw these two women flirting on the London tube.

Anterastes

acrylic on paper

208 x 213.5 cms

This idea came from a sketch of a cabaret singer...

La Lubina

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

I was fascinated by this couple in a tapas bar...

Loch Voil

acrylic on paper

This was commissioned by dear Bill Jamieson.

Hyvernesse

acrylic on paper

120 x 140 cms

View from the Dog House

acrylic on paper

79 x 67 cms

The dog house is an observation area where I watched...

Yellow Lillies

acrylic on paper

100 x120 cms

Flowers From Despina

acrylic on paper

106 x 129 cms

My dear friend Despina bought these flowers from the “Laiki”,...

Self Portrait on Alwyn North

acrylic on paper

150 x115 cms

Varanasi

acrylic on paper

This is a scene from Varanasi where people bathed in...

Hyvernesse

acrylic on paper

I painted these sun flowers in France which my friend...

Shakti Ka Rasta

acrylic on paper

74 x 58 cms

This is from a scene I sketched in a local...

Agra Fort

acrylic on paper

150 x 179 cms

This was part of a series from a trip I...

Caithness Thistles

acrylic on paper

147 x 115 cms

This was inspired by a walk from Wick along the...

Dunnet

acrylic on paper

103 x 116 cms

Caley Salsa I

acrylic on paper

150 x 158 cms

Caley Salsa II

acrylic on paper

57 x 60.5 cms

This was inspired by a night out with the staff...

White Lillies

acrylic on paper

95 x 100 cms

This was painted in my studio in Chania, Crete.

Wick Harbour

acrylic on paper

87 x 110 cms

This was part of a series of Caithness landscapes I...

Chinese Tea House

acrylic and water colour

65 x 50 cms

This painting was from a sketch in Chengdu in China...

Andrew Hogg

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Andrew Hogg was public affairs and communications manager for...

Alex Salmond

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

I painted Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond in London...

Professors Ken and Noreen Murray

acrylic on paper

111 x 109 cms

Ken and Noreen, world-famous molecular biologists and philanthropists, worked as...

Robin Cook

acrylic on paper

84.5 x 120 cms

The late Robin Cook, the former UK foreign secretary, was...

Sheena McDonald

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Sheena, the well-known journalist and broadcaster, is a dear friend...

Professor Ian Deary

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Professor Ian Deary, was the Director of the Lothian Birth...

Helen Murlis

acrylic on paper

115 x 102 cms

Helen was painted at her home in Chania on Crete...

Alexa Purves

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Alexa became the face of this exhibition since she was...

John Craxton

acrylic on paper

100 x 70 cms

The celebrated English painter John Craxton was partly the reason...

Dr Duncan Thomson

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Dr Thomson is the retired Keeper/Director of the Scottish National...

Professor Peter Higgs

2015

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Nobel prize winner Peter Higgs, whose name is celebrated after...

Francoise Meltzer, Her Daughter Claudie and Rosette the Dog

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

This was painted in Francoise’s house in Hyverneresse in France...

Alastair Mowat

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

I first met Alastair in Moscow in 1989 when Scottish...

Pat Grant

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Pat was the CEO of Norfost, an appliance manufacturer in...

Allan Little

acrylic on paper

115 x 102 cms

A BBC war correspondent, this portrait was commissioned by...

Charlotte (Tot) Brill

acrylic on canvas

101 x 68 cms

I painted two portraits of Tot, a great friend and...

Annette Hope

watercolour and gouache on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Annette was the fine art librarian at the University of...

Dr Vincent Hope

watercolour and gouache on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Dr Hope was a lecturer in moral philosophy at the...

Bill Edmunds

2002

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Bill was the master brewer where I was the artist-in-residence....

Alpin With Pink Tie

1979

watercolour and gouache

102 x 76 cms

This was painted in Edinburgh in 1979. Alpin is...

Laure Veyradier

2005

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Laure was on the helicopter on my first trip to...

Joe Lahbib

2005

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

Joe was the galley boss and cooked a wonderful tart...

Colin King

2006-2009

acrylic on paper

83.5 x 59.9 cms

This was the first portrait I painted offshore in just...

Lord (William Douglas) Cullen of Whitekirk

2006

acrylic on paper

107x 98.5 cms

Lord Cullen is a hero of the oil industry after...