Here is a a brief history of the things of the things I am proud of:

Played in various bands around Edinburgh singing and playing saxophone including supporting Shirley Manson’s old band

Organised parties for school friends that are still talked about!

Accepted to study Business and Tourism BA - Awarded 1st and various medals including best dissertation in the whole of the business school. I was year rep and was responsible for getting everyone a grade higher because I spotted a clerical error and argued the case with the Dean through the Students Union. So students who would have been awarded a 2:2 were given a 2:1 etc.

Accepted to Glasgow School of Art - MPhil in 2D and 3D animation and virtual prototyping with no portfolio and no experience of any graphic design software

Dropped out and moved to London

Within a year I had a job working in house as an illustrator/graphic designer for a Fortune 500 company

Took lots of evening classes at Central St Martins, repeatedly taking a class in figure drawing for fashion design which was the most fun class I have ever taken in art

Took redundancy to go freelance

First illustration commission for Scottish Widows to design a series of porcelain mugs presented in a gift box for VIP clients featuring drawings of athletes to commemorate the London Olympics. This was worth about £10,000

Set up PowerPoint business, immediately earning more than £50k per year consistently

Accepted onto Scottish Illustrators website

Won a place in the coveted Association of Illustrators annual book and exhibition

Accepted onto coveted MA Central St Martins Communication Design and Illustration

MA Central St Martins Work In Progress exhibition at Shoreditch Town Hall

MA Central St Martins exhibition. Wrote and illustrated a book for my final project using an illustration technique where I built small sculptures and animation sets (a technique normally used for animation) using toys and found object and photographed them. Practical work was awarded 84%

Applied to Liberty Open Call with some silk scarves and got through to the second round to meet Ed Burstell

Took a road trip / photography project - Winnie the Poohgrimage / Rewilding Pooh - from London to Sicily with Eddy Fawdry, owner of Pollocks Toy Museum (book of photographs to come out on that project shortly)

Article published in the Loop magazine

Volunteered for various community art activities at Embercombe and community gardens and city farms around London. One was a class and created showing how to repurpose old toys and make them into monsters

Hosted various traditional storytelling nights around London at Pollocks Toy Museum and Young Actors Theatre, Islington

Created Google / DeepMind branding, graphics and illustrations for party at Printworks on the theme of a cosmic circus

Created a large silk banner for the musician, Anna Meredith

Designed 2 large silk banners for the Emily Wilding Davison Festival in Bloomsbury

Performed a story I wrote at West London Synagogue at the Open Arts Cafe

Filmed a course with Domestika in Madrid studios

Designed artwork for slides for Chief Commercial Officer of Hewlett Packard for launch event in Las Vegas. Stayed at the Venetian Resort. All expenses, travel and accommodation paid

Over the last 20 years have worked with over 100 clients from Jo Malone and Burberry to design agencies like LIDA and McCANN

Immediate future:

First exhibition of fine art paintings and sculpture

Launching range of wallpapers, fabrics and homewares

Publishing book on PowerPoint

Currently teaching a training course on PowerPoint with one of the UK’s premier luxury brands