In 1965 I took up a lectureship in the School of Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art and stayed through good and bad until 1995 when I took the opportunity to retire early and spend more time in my studio.

"What kind of pictures do you make?"

Always a difficult question to answer verbally. Influences and stimulii can be diffuse and difficult to identify precisely. Travel has always been a prime source of new imagery for me and I have a deep and abiding interest in the human figure.

It is important to me that my work displays the impulses that first prompted it. I am also careful to use the best available materials to ensure that my work remains a quality and enduring creation.

Another, quite different, influence is hereditary. The Victorian music-hall singer Matilda Wood (Marie Loyd) was my fathers great aunt.

Collections that have purchased my work:

	The Victoria and Albert Museum
	The Council of Industrial Design
	Carnegie Trust Dunfermline
	Inverness City Art Gallery
	Aberdeen Art Gallery
	Hunterian Museum Glasgow
	Leeds City Art Gallery
	Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
	The British Council
	The Scottish Arts Council
	Stirling University
	Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
	Paisley Art Gallery
	Bank of Scotland
	University of Florida
	Harn Museum Florida
	Western General Hospital Edinburgh
	British Midland Airlines
	Edinburgh Airport