About my artwork
My recent work explores aspects of the landscape, heritage and history of the Firth of Clyde, the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles, close to my home in Scotland. I have always been fascinated by the area, its cultural and industrial heritage, from fishing to shipbuilding, both industries now in decline with the subsequent loss of cultures and skills. The current, sinister, presence of the UK fleet of nuclear submarines is a key topic of local and national debate. Recently I have been working on a series of artworks that use drawing, photography and mixed media to produce limited edition digital inkjet prints (each print is available in edition of 15). The process of making the works echoes my feelings about the changing landscape – personal, layered, multifaceted and nuanced. It is a personal, sometimes political and occasionally playful, response to the way that a place has changed and is being changed by human activity.
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I am Professor of Applied Visual Arts Education at the University of Lapland in Finland. I was Reader in art and design education at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow until April 2010. I write regularly about issues in art education and am currently Secretary, formerly Vice President, of the International Society for Education through Art (2014- 2017), Principal Editor of the International Journal of Education through Art (2010 - 2016). In 2016, I was awarded the United States Society of Education through Art Ziegfeld award for outstanding international leadership in art education. My teaching and research focuses on the interface between formal and informal art education and, particularly, the pedagogical potential of community-based art practices.
My recent work explores aspects of the landscape, heritage and history of the Firth of Clyde, the largest and deepest coastal waters in the British Isles, close to my home in Scotland. I have always been fascinated by the area, its cultural and industrial heritage, from fishing to shipbuilding, both industries now in decline with the subsequent loss of cultures and skills. The current, sinister, presence of the UK fleet of nuclear submarines is a key topic of local and national debate. Recently I have been working on a series of artworks that use drawing, photography and mixed media to produce limited edition digital inkjet prints (each print is available in edition of 15). The process of making the works echoes my feelings about the changing landscape – personal, layered, multifaceted and nuanced. It is a personal, sometimes political and occasionally playful, response to the way that a place has changed and is being changed by human activity.
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I am Professor of Applied Visual Arts Education at the University of Lapland in Finland. I was Reader in art and design education at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow until April 2010. I write regularly about issues in art education and am currently Secretary, formerly Vice President, of the International Society for Education through Art (2014- 2017), Principal Editor of the International Journal of Education through Art (2010 - 2016). In 2016, I was awarded the United States Society of Education through Art Ziegfeld award for outstanding international leadership in art education. My teaching and research focuses on the interface between formal and informal art education and, particularly, the pedagogical potential of community-based art practices.
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