| 2005-June | Graduate as mature student from Glasgow School of Art with award of BA Honours in Fine Art Painting |
| 2000-2001 | Portfolio Course, Glasgow School of Art |
| 1997-1998 | Life Drawing Course, Leith School of Art |
| 1997-April | Yachtsmaster offshore (practical) qualification gained (Canary Islands) |
| 1990-2001 | Relationship Counsellor training and practice |
| 1990-1991 | Yachtsmaster offshore (theory) qualification gained (Port Edgar, Edinburgh6.65) |
| 1982-1992 | Freelance Journalist and Broadcaster, working principally for The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, The Sunday Times and BBC radio. Editor of "Children's Books in Scotland" |
| Biography | Born in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Now lives on Rosneath Peninsula in Argyll, on the West Coast of Scotland, within sight of the sea. |
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