List of Commissions

Presently

large window for an undisclosed project in Scotland.

subject to a NDA therefore no pictures at present. 

This work will be made in the Derix Studio in Germany 

4 Glass relief Sculptures, New Nairobi Museum.

These are being made in the Nakshi Glass Studio in Karen, Nairobi

These are presently subject to a NDA and therefore cannot show the progress at present

Private Vila, Karen, Nairobi

2021 Staircase Window

3mts x 0.9mts

Private House, Caithness, Scotland

2019
Pipes in Stripes - Music into Glass
3 mt x 0.9mts

St. Mauritius Church - Herrmansacker, Germany

Trinity Windows

Codaworx Merit Award 2019
2017
3 sections

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kericho, Kenya

2011 - 2018
Artist/Arts Coordinator for the Kericho Cathedral Project in Kenya

Shanghai Holy Trinity Church (second phase)
2013
18 Lancets and 2 rose windows for the east and west transepts of the building.
Dim:

Private Villa, Dubai
2013
9 sections of kiln structured glass. The Centre Panel, glass painting, enamelling and silver staining
Dim:

Shanghai Holy Trinity
2011
3 windows on themes from the Life of Christ
Dim: 3 x

Bankhall Road
2010
Flashed antique glass, etched painted and silver stained
Dim: 2 x 6Mts x 0.9Mt

Glenmorangie
2010
9 sections slumped and fused Bullseye Glass
Dim: Centre Panel 1.31 x 1.29 Mts

Oran Mor, Glasgow, Scotland
Apr. 2007
four windows, abstract landscape
Dim: 4 x 1.58 Mt x 0.55Mt
1 slumped panel (since destroyed)
Dim : 2.5Mt x 1.2Mt

Former Synagogue, Hirshberg, Germany
Apr. 2006, 2 Circular Windows
Dim : 1 panel 1.23Mt, 1 panel 1.34Mt

Domaine Mechtildshausen
Sep. 2005, 2 Windows on a theme of the Elements
Dim : 7 panels various sizes, 1 panel 1.60Mt x 1Mt

Pinehurst, North Carolina
2005, Window Titled "End of the Age of Innocence" An Allegorical Scene.
Dim 1.92Mt x 1.00Mt

Bowdon Synagogue
2004 - 2005 4 Windows, consisting of 4 panels each on a theme of The Major Jewish Festivals
Dim : 4 panels 1.10mt x 0.71Mts , 12 panels : 1Mt x 0.60Mt

Gullane Parish Church
Nov 2003 Windows on a theme of Local Creation
Dim 1 circle 1.4mts 2 arched windows 1.10Mt x 0.74Mt

Domaine Mechtildshausen
July. 2003, 4 Windows on a theme of the Elements
Dim : 2 x 2.5 Mts x 0.82Mts , 2 x 1.7Mts x 0.82Mts

Kilmacolm Windows
Dec. 2002, Window in 3 sections
Dim: 1.6Mt x 70cm

Newlands Windows
Nov. 2002, 3 windows on the themes of The last Supper, in the Garden of Gethsemane and the Supper at Emmaus.
Dim: 3 - 1.2Mt x 61cm

Riverside Window

Sep. 2002, Riverside Church, Dumbarton
Dim: 28 sections various sizes

The Millennium Window

Jun 1999, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow. Theme : Growth
3 lancets, 1 - 5Mt x 70cm, 2 - 4Mt x 50cm

The Falklands War Memorial Window

Nov 1999, Pangbourne College, Pangbourne.
Dim: 144 - 45cm x 45cm

The Alexander Stone Memorial Window

Nov. 2000, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow
Dim: 18 panels 1.7Mt x 0.94M

The Alexander Stone Memorial Window

Nov. 2000, Hutchesons' Grammar School, Glasgow
Dim: 18 panels 1.7Mt x 0.94M

Amberg- Ammersricht, Germany

Completed Jul. 1996
Konrad Kirche, Amberg-Ammersricht
Dim. 2 @ 28M x 1450mm.Light band made up of 48 sections
Theme - New Jerusalem and River of Life
Theme from the Book of Revelation

University of Strathclyde - Bicentenary Windows

Apr. 1996 The Barony. High Street, Glasgow.
Dim. 3 @ 2140mm x 700mm
Three windows to complete the Barony Restoration.

The National Piping Centre, Glasgow.

Sep. 1996.
Theme: Pibroch - Canntaireachd
Dim. 3 @ 2300mm x 900mm

Oakshaw Trinity Church, Paisley, Scotland.

2002, The Heritage Window
Theme of Separation and Re-unification.
Dim. 900mm x 2700mm

List of Earlier Commissions

Bird in Flight
May 1982, Glasgow Museum and Art Galleries.
Dim: 1800mm x 900mm, 2135 x 1220mm, 1800 x 900mm.

Memorial Window
Apr. 1984 Renfield St. Stephens Church, Glasgow.
Dim: 3 Lancets - 1800 x 380mm plus tracery.

Centenary Windows
Jun. 1984 Wardlawhill Church, Rutherglen.
Dim: 2 Panels - 1200 x 900mm.

'Flock of Fishes'
Oct 1984 and 1987 Cafe Gandolfi, Glasgow. (Saltire Award)
Dim: Main panels, 1520 x 1060mm.

Carmichael Memorial Window
Apr. 1985 Kippen Parish Church, Kippen. (In Association with Willie Rodger)
Dim: 2590 x 380mm. (Saltire Award)

Coatbridge Centenary Windows
Oct. 1985 Municipal Buildings.
Dim: 4 panels - 1520 x 686mm, 4 panels 762 x 686mm.

Lyndsay Orr Memorial Window
Mar. 1986 Kippen Parish Church, Kippen.
Dim: 2590 x 380mm.

Cuthbertson Memorial Window
Jun 1986 Orchardhill Parish Church, Giffnock.
Dim: 4 panels 900 x 457mm.

Six Days of Creation
Aug. 1986 St. Mary's Parish Church, Kirkintilloch.
Dim: 6 Panels - 1200 x 300mm, (In Association with Willie Rodger)

Barrington Drive and West Princes Street Restoration
Nov. 1986 20 windows dim various.

Campbell Memorial Window
Oct. 1987 St Andrews Church, Dundee.
Dim: 5540 x 2650mm, 20 panels.

Parrots
Nov. 1987 Princes Square, Ceiling Panel, Glasgow.
Dim: 4200 x 4200mm, 49 panels.

Mackintosh Windows
Dec. 1987, Kingsborough Gdns, for Barclay Lennie.

Moses and Pentecost
Apr. 1988 2 double lancet windows, Kirkcaldy Old Parish
Dim: 4 - 4940 x 800mm.

Centenary Window
Jul. 1988 Milton of Campsie, with Willie Rodger.
Dim: 2 @ 3000 x 450mm, 1 @ 4000 x 450mm

James Shaw Memorial Window
Oct. 1988, five lancets plus tracery.(Saltire Award)
Dim: 5 - 5250 x 560mm Paisley Abbey.

Entry into Jerusalem and The Lord's Supper
Jan. 1989, South Dalziel Church.
Dim: 2 panels - 1370 x 740mm, 2 panels - 740 x 740mm

Agony in the Garden and Crucifixion
Mar. 1989 South Dalziel Church.
Dim: 2 panels - 1370 x 740mm, 2 panels - 740 x 740mm.

Forestry Commission Window
May 1989 Conservancy Office, Dumfries.
Dim 2450 x 2130mm made up from 6 panels.

Howgate Centre
Apr 1990 Installed Conservation panels for the in Falkirk.
Dim 3 @ 2900mm x 850mm and 3 @ 1050mm x 850mm

Queens' Park Synagogue
1990 - 1992, Glasgow, 22 Windows.
Dim: 8 @ 1500 x 600mm, 2 @ 750 x 600mm, 8 @ 2000 x 650mm semi-circle.
1 large tryptich window and 1 half dome. 20 sq/mts.

Heaton Memorial Window
Sep. 1991 Theme of the Benedicite.
St Michael and All Angels, Ledbury, Herefordshire.
Dim: 1 @ 6000 x 700mm, 2 @ 5000 x 650mm aprox.

Lockerbie Memorial Window
Dec. 1991 Lesser Town Hall Lockerbie.
Dim: 3 @ 2290 x 815mm and 3 @ 920 x 815mm.

Launsbach
Dec. 1992 four windows on the themes of Christmas, The last Supper, Garden of Gethsemane and Supper at Emmaus.
Village Church, Launsbach, Wettenberg, Near Geisen, Germany.
Dim: 1800mm x 620mm, 2 @ 1730mm x 430mm, 1900mm x 570mm

Hostage Windows
Jan. 1993 Two windows commemorating the Captivity and Freedom of the British Hostages in Beirut.
Broxted Parish Church, Essex.
Dim: 2 @ 2000mm x 300mm plus Tracery, 2 @ 2400mm x 45mm plus tracery.

Eucharist and Creed Windows
May. 1993, St Petrus, Worms - Herrnsheim
Dim: Both windows, 3 @ 3500 x 500mm plus tracery.

The Fundamental Elements
Oct. 1994. Two sets of three panels on the theme of the Fundamental Elements for Safeway - Anniesland, Glasgow.
Dim. 4 @ 3000mm x 450mm, 2 @ 3000mm x 300mm
(In association with Lorraine Lamond and David McLaren)

Wee Men Dancin'
Mar.1997. Small lense window beneath copula.
Theme: The Dashing White Sergeant
Dim. 950mm Diam.

The Bicentenary Window
Feb. 1997. Small Celebratory Panel for the Library of The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow.
Bicentenary Room. Nelson Mandela Place.
Dim. 600mm x 890mm.

The Dawson Bequest Window
Jan 1999, Stonelaw Church in Rutherglen, Scotland. Theme: The Holy Spirit. 5 lancets and tracery
Dim: 4 @ 1.8Mt x 55cm, 1 @ 2.3 x 70, Tracery

The Campbell Memorial Window
Feb. 2001, St. Mary's Blyth.
Dim : 4 lancet Window each 2.8Mt x 48cm

Baptism, Last Supper and Resurrection Windows
Apr. 2001, 3 windows for the Evangelical Church in Wertheim - Bettingen
Dim: 3 Windows 2.70Mt x 62cm

Riverside Window
Sep. 2002, Riverside Church, Dumbarton
Dim: 28 sections various sizes

Newlands Windows
Nov. 2002, 3 windows on the themes of The last Supper, in the Garden of Gethsemane and the Supper at Emmaus.
Dim: 3 - 1.2Mt x 61cm

Kilmacolm Windows
Dec. 2002, Window in 3 sections Dim: 1.6Mt x 70cm

Domaine Mechtildshausen
July. 2003, 4 Windows on a theme of the Elements
Dim : 2 x 2.5 Mts x 0.82Mts , 2 x 1.7Mts x 0.82Mts

Gullane Parish Church
Nov 2003 Windows on a theme of Local Creation
Dim 1 circle 1.4mts 2 arched windows 1.10Mt x 0.74Mt

Bowdon Synagogue
2004 - 2005 4 Windows, consisting of 4 panels each on a theme of The Major Jewish Festivals
Dim : 4 panels 1.10mt x 0.71Mts , 12 panels : 1Mt x 0.60MtLarge Window for an undisclosed

some kind of biography

Biography

Born in Dumbarton, Scotland

Education
1975-1980 Glasgow School of Art. Graduated BA.(Hons.)1st Class,
1980-1981 Glasgow School of Art. Graduated MA.
1982 Became Freelance Stained Glass Artist.

Teaching Experience and Lectures
Between 1982-84Lectured in Glasgow School of Art in Stained Glass Dept for 2 years.
1994Lecture in the Burrell Museum in Glasgow. Making of the Queen's Park Synagogue windows.
1994 May. Visiting lecturer to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Lectured on the Making of the Queen's Park Synagogue Windows and The Symbolism of the Queen's Park Synagogue Windows.
1996 Oct. as part of Glasgow Doors Open Day, gave a lecture with Gerry Grams on the Piping Centre Windows. On the same day a lecture on the Strathclyde Bicentenary Windows
1996 Nov. Lecture with Gerry Grams to the Mackintosh Society.
1997 Sep. Lecture in the Queen's Park Synagogue. Doors Open Day.
1998 Feb. Presented the Arts Award Lecture to the Royal Glasgow Philosophical Society.
1998 Feb. Lecture to the Friends of Glasgow Cathedral.
1999 Nov. Two Seminars to architects in the Boston Area.
2000 Jan. Lecture in Queen's Park Synagogue, The Symbolism of the Windows.
2000 Jan. Explanation of the Millenium Window to GAGMA.
2000 Jan. Town and Gown Invitation Lecture in association with The University of Strathclyde and The Herald Newspaper.
2007 Apr. Stained Glass in Scotland: Who Cares? Joint SSGS/SCHR Day Conference, Edinburgh.
2009 Jun. Rias Lecture , Dundee.

Awards
1988 Jan. Was presented with 2 awards from the Saltire Society for Art in Architecture.
1990 Aug. Awarded a Saltire Society Award for the Paisley Abbey Window.
2001 Jan. Bene Award - Highest Award for Exellence for The Millenium Window
2003 Dec. Awarded Honorary Doctorate - University of Paisley

Exhibitions
1985 Jan. Two man exhibition, Main Fine Art, Glasgow.
1990 Oct. Represented Britain at the European Commission Crafts Exhibition in Palais Des Papes, Avignon.
1992 Jul. Exhibition of etchings in Barclay Lennie Fine Art. Glasgow.
1994 Jul. Exhibition of etchings in the William Hardie Gallery. Glasgow.
1995 Oct. Exhibition of Stained Glass and Etchings. The Sternberg Centre for Judaism. London.
1999 Nov. Participated in The Plate Show, Collins Gallery, Scotland.
2000 Jan. One man exhibition of Drawings Designs and Processes in The Collins Gallery, Scotland.
2000 Jan. One man exhibition of Drawings Designs and Processes in The Rathaus Foyer, Wiesbaden, Germany.
2006 Dec. Exhibition of Etchings, Cafe Gandolfi and Collins Gallery, Glasgow
2007 May. Imperial War Museum, London, The Falklands Exhibition. Half Scale Drawing of Window.


Press Coverage
1984 Mar. Featured in 'Craftwork' magazine also Mar 1987.
1984 Jun. Featured in Scottish Television 'Studio' programme.
1987 Nov. Featured in 'The Scotsman' magazine.
1987 Nov. Installed Paisley Abbey Window and featured in BBC Scottish News.
1990 Mar. Featured in a Sunday Times article about the Queens Park Synagogue Commission.
1991 Jul. Feature article by Cordelia Oliver in The Scotsman.
1991 Dec. Featured on Radio 4 Kaleidoscope, featured on front page of The Times, Scottish Sunday Times and Glasgow Herald newspapers.
1991 Nov. Feature By Robb Dawson Scott on the Synagogue windows in Sunday Times, Scotland.
1992 Dec. Feature in the Church Building magazine.
1993 Jan. Press Coverage of the Dedication of The Hostage Windows.
1993 Aug. Large Feature Article in the Herald Newspaper by Clare Henry.
1994 Jul. Review of Exhibition of Etchings in the Glasgow Herald.
1997 Feb. Feature in 'Dont Look Down', Scottish Television Arts programme.
1998 Jul. Feature in 'Bilderbogen' for Hessen3 television in Germany.
2001 Sep. Major Feature in the Korean Crafts Arts Magazine, Crart
2000 Jan. Radio Interview for the Brian Morton Show on BBC Radio Scotland
2001 Autumn Major Feature in the Scottish Life Magazine
2002 Dec. Radio Interview, Personal Touch, with Johnston McKay on BBC Radio Scotland
2003 Jan. Press Coverage of the Closure of Queen's Park Synagogue
2005 Feature articles in the Chinese Magazine : Art of Glass Nr. 17 & 18
2008 Press coverage in Germany and Scotland, The Oran Mor Project
 

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