SELECTED SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS:
1971 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
1972 Pool Theatre Gallery, Edinburgh
1974 Shed 50 Gallery, Largo, Fife
1981 Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
1981 The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1984 ‘Chine Colle’, Edinburgh International Festival Printmakers’ Workshop, Edinburgh
1984 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1985 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh Festival Exhibition
1985 Peacock Printmakers Gallery
1985 Glasgow Print Workshop, Glasgow
1985 Helsinki Festival; Gallery of Finnish Association of Printmakers, Helsinki
1985 University of Central Florida, Art Department Gallery, Orlando, Florida
1987 Department of Fine Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
1987 ‘Chine Colle’, Mixed Media Works on Paper, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1987 Galerija Fakulteta Likovnih Umetnosti, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (with David Evans)
1988 Eitharong Gallery, Orlando, Florida, USA (with Robert Rivers)
1988 Galerie Salammbo, Paris, France
1990 ‘From The Edge’ Touring Exhibition (UK /France) in collaboration with the Scottish Folk Ensemble Whistlebinkies’ - music composed by Edward McGuire (A Festival of Irish Arts), Commonwealth Institute, London
1990 New Paintings from China, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1992 Christopher Hull Gallery, London
1993 Loom Shop Gallery, Lower Largo
‘Far East: Paintings from China and Japan’, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1994 Paintings by George Donald - World Trade Centre Building, Dubai U.A.E.
Sharjah Cultural Centre, Sharjah, UAE, (with John Dishman)
‘Nine Translations from the Chinese‘ - A boxed set of silk screenprints Published by Edinburgh Printmakers Ltd
Prints, Queens Hall, Edinburgh
Prints, Lamont Gallery, London
Prints, U.C.F. Gallery, Orlando, U.S.A
1995 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1998 ‘Kali’s Room - New paintings From India’, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2002 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh (with Robert Rivers)
‘Anatomia’ An Artist’s Book, the Library, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2005 Recent Work, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2008 New Paintings, Royal Scottish Academy Friends’ Room, Edinburgth
2009 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
2011 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
2012 Paintings: Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2013 Art Mill Gallery, Plymouth
2013 Liquid Art: Work by George Donald, Flying Horse Editions, Orlando Florida USA
2015 Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh
2015 Themes and Variations,: Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
2018 New Paintings Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Lecturer/Demonstrator in Printmaking, Glasgow and Fife Education Authorities
Lecturer in Printmaking, Scottish Arts Council
Director of Printmaking Courses, Edinburgh Arts Summer School 1973
Lecturer in Art History, Worker’s Educational Association, Middleton Hall1974
Lecturer in Art History, Edinburgh University Summer School 1974 &1975
Visiting Lecturer (under auspices of British Council) at Faculties of Art in India; National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad; J J. School of Art, Bombay
Department of Fine Art, University of Baroda, Gujerat 1979
Visiting Professor of Art, University of Central Florida, Dept. of Fine Art, Orlando Florida, USA, 1981
Visiting Tutor (anatomy and drawing), Crealdé School of Art, Winter Park, Florida USA 1981
Visiting Lecturer, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen 1982
Visiting Artist, Swedish Art Schools, Galleries, and Print Workshops, Stockholm and Malmo1982
Visiting Lecturer, Georgia State University Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy, Summer 1983
Study and Studio Practice; Laurence Barker Paper Studio, Barcelona, Spain 1984
Curator, Cataloguer and Promoter of “Laurence Barker: Papermaker” Touring Exhibition UK 1985
Visiting Professor (drawing and anatomy) Univ.of Central Florida 1985
Professeur Visiteur de Graveur at l’Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, Strasbourg, France 1986
Visiting Lecturer, Birmingham Polytechnic, Dept. of Fine Art 1987,1989,1991
Visiting Lecturer, Orkney Arts Society, Pier Art Centre, Stromness, and Soulisquoy Print Workshop, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 1987
Invited Artist, Faculty of Fine Art, Belgrade Yugoslavia 1987
Printmaker in Residence, Soulisquoy Print Workshop, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Summer 1988
Visiting Artist, Szechuan Fine Art Institute, Chongqing, Szechuan, China
Visiting Artist, Silpakorn University ,Fine Art Dept, Bangkok, Thailand 1989
Visiting Artist, Chulalongkorn University, Fine Art Dept., Bangkok, Thailand 1989
Visiting Artist, Dubai and Abu Dhabi Arts Centres, U.A.E. 1994
Visiting Printmaker Pegasus Printmaking Studio Florida U.S.A. 1994
Visiting Tutor Fondacio Miro Mallorca Spain 1994. 1996, 1999
Invited international artist/judge Sharjah International Biennale, Sharjah UAE 1995
Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Fine Art, Hangzhou, P.R.China.1995
Visiting Professor, Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, Xi’an, P.R.China.1995
Visiting Professor of Anatomy and Drawing The British Council, Kyoto and Osaka, Japan 1999
Visiting Professor of Anatomy and Drawing University of Central Florida Orlando Florida UCF 2002, 2003,2004, 2005, 2006-2015
Drawing the Human Anatomy, Guest Lecturer, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh 2014
Art of Anatomy, Guest Lecturer, Café Scientifique (University of Strathclyde) Glasgow 2014
Anatomy Drawing, Guest Lecturer, Royal Academy School, London 2019
Human Anatomy, Guest Tutor, Borders Art Fair, Kelso 2019/2020
Honorary Professor, Al Maktoum Institute, Dundee 2009
AWARDS:
Andrew Grant Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art 1964, 1965
Post Graduate Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art, 1967
Helen A. Rose Travelling Scholarship (to India, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Nepal), 1967-1968
Benares Hindu University Fine Art Dept, Visiting Scholar, Winter Term, 1967
Latimer Award Royal Scottish Academy, 1970
Guthrie Award Royal Scottish Academy, 1973
Scottish Arts Council Bursary, 1973
R.S.A. Gillies Bequest Travel Award to India, 1978
S.A.C. travel and study award to Twinrocker Hand Papermakers, Brookston Indiana, USA, 1981
R.S.A. Gillies Prize, 1982
R.S.W. Mary Marshall Brown Award, 1983
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, BBC Purchase Award, 1987
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Art, Cargill Award, 1987
David Muirhead Fund Purchase, RSA, 1991
Sir William Gillies Bequest Award RSA 2003
R.S.W. Scottish Arts Club Award 2006,2014
Residency: Association Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Collioure , France 2014
COMMISSIONS:
Glasgow University and Scottish Arts Council, (portrait) 1985
New Scottish National Library, Edinburgh, (window design) 1986
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce, (portrait) 1986
Pegasus Press Orlando U.S.A. 1994 ( suite of prints)
Print makers Workshop Ltd, Edinburgh 1994 ( Boxed suite of silkscreen prints)
St. John’s Hospital Livingston, (mural painting) 1994
The Scottish Office,H.Q.,Victoria Quay, Edinburgh (prints)1995
Le Theatre de Caen, Normandie, France ( designs for publicity) 1996
University of Edinburgh ( portrait) 2006
Private commissions for paintings
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1968 Student Print Exhibitions; Tokyo, Japan and Strasbourg, France
Marjorie Parr Gallery, London.
Pernod Exhibition. Edinburgh and London (prizewinner)
French Institute, Edinburgh International Festival
1971 Marjorie Parr Gallery, London.
Scottish Graphics, 57 Gallery, Edinburgh
International Graphics, Carnegie Festival, Dunfermline.
1972 Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
Goosewell Gallery, Leeds
1972-1989 ‘Original Print’, Travelling Exhibitions U.K.
1974 Glasgow Group, McLellan Galleries, Glasgow.
Mall Gallery ,London
"20x50“ Exhibition, 57 Gallery,Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh
"Young Scottish Artists’’, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh 1976
‘’Scottish Tapestry etc’’, Edinburgh College of Art
Scottish Print Open, Scottish Arts Council
New Prints, Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
1977 Recent Aquisitions, Scottish Arts Council
1978 The Alamo Gallery, London
‘’Impressions’’, Edinburgh College of Art
Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
1979 “Photo-Graphic”, Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
1980 “Screenprint”, SAC Travelling Exhibition
Lothian Printmakers, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh.
“Contemporary Papermakers”, City Arts Centre,Edinburgh.
1981 UCF Art Dept. Gallery, Orlando, Florida, USA
Compass Gallery, Glasgow
Print Annual 2, Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
Scottish Society of Artists, Travelling Exhibition
1982 “Pieces of Paper”, Handmade Papers, Gardner Centre, University of Sussex
Transalpino Print Travelling Exhibition to five European Countries
“Printmakers Drawings”, Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
Humberside Print Competition, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
1983 “Etching”, SAC Touring Exhibition, Edinburgh Festival
“Britain Salutes New York”, N.Y. Festival, City Gallery, New York and touring, USA
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Fine Art Society, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Mercury Gallery, Edinburgh
Scottish Print Open 3, Touring Exhibition
Printmaking in Scotland, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Art Works and Craftpieces of Handmade Paper, Lady Lodge Arts Centre Peterborough
1984 “New Prints From Florida’’ Purdue Institute Gallery ,Indiana, USA
“A Link With Scotland”, Manor House Castle Yard, Ilkley
Mercury Gallery, London
Sue Rankin Gallery, London
A Festival of Contemporary Scottish Drawings, Fine Art Society, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
1985 “Edinburgh/Dublin” - an Edinburgh International Festival Exhibition, ECA
“The East Coast Tradition in Painting”, Fine Art Society, Edinburgh
1985-6 ‘’Relief Printing’’, Scottish Arts Council Touring Exhibition
1986 Contemporary British Prints, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Scottish Original Prints, 1966-1986, Mercury Gallery, Edinburgh and London
“Works on Paper,” Faculty Members, School of Drawing and Painting at
Dept. of Fine Art Gallery, Belgrade University, Yugoslavia and
Water Tower Association Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
Three Scottish Artists, Charter House Gallery, London
Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA
1986-9 Gallery Artists, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1985-7 Art Fair, Bath
1986-8& 1990 International Art Fair Olympia, London
1987 Printmakers Council of Great Britain,Whatman Paper; National Print Competition, Royal Festival Hall, London
Sue Rankin Gallery, London
Christopher Hull Gallery, London
The Day Book Picture Show, Smiths Galleries, Covent Garden, London
“The Art of Print” - A Century of Printmaking in Scotland, Fine Art Society Edinburgh ,Glasgow
Scottish Print Open, Touring Exhibition
Scottish Prints, Kingfisher Gallery, Edinburgh
Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts, (painting prizewinner)
1988 Glasgow International Garden Festival, Fine Art Society Gallery, Glasgow
Scottish Artists, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo Winter Festival, Yugoslavia
1989 “State of The Art - Painting and Sculpture in Scotland Today” Fine Art Soc.Edinburgh/Glasgow
“Seven From Scotland”-a touring exhibition, Malaspina Printmakers Soc.British Columbia, Canada
1990 Graphica Creativa 90, Alvar Aalto Museo JyŒskylŒ Finland (Invited artist)
“Guthrie Award Winners: RSA 1920-1990,” Fine Art Soc. Edinburgh and Glasgow
‘One Hundred Years of Scottish Printmaking,” Hunterian Museum,Glasgow
“Images of the Orient,” Kingfisher Gallery Edinburgh Festival Exhibition
Cormund Gallery, Glasgow
Christopher Hull Gallery, London
Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames
1991 Vicarage Gallery, North Shields
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
1992 Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
Mappin Gallery, Sheffield
Exposicion Intercambio de Estampas Originales
Galeria Fernando Serrano, Moguer, Seville, Spain
Roger Billcliffe Gallery Glasgow
English Speaking Union Gallery, Edinburgh
1993 Works from the Print Collection, City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
Homage to Sir Robin Phillipson: Invited Works, Roger Billcliffe Gallery,Glasgow
10th Anniversary Soulisquoy Printmakers, Pier Art Gallery, Orkney Islands
Fosse Gallery, Stow on the Wold Cheltenham
ECA Summer School Faculty, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival
Contemporary Arts Gallery, Eton
Loomshop Gallery, Lower Largo
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
‘Critics Choice’, National Gallery of Scotland
1994 Atholl Gallery, Dunkeld
City Arts Centre, Edinburgh
Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
Fiera De Estampa, Madrid, Spain
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
1995 ‘Celtic Connections' Art Exhibition, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Exposicion De Intercambio – ECA Castillo De Soutomaior, Pontevedra, Spain
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney
Riverside Gallery, Stonehaven
Galerie Beeldspraak, Amsterdam
Roger Billcliffe Fine Art, Glasgow
1998 ‘Celtic Connections’, Glasgow .
Flying Horse Edition Artists, The Univ. of Central Florida Art Gallery, USA.
1999 Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh.
‘ECA @ Miro’ Prints from Edinburgh Fundacio Miro Mallorca Spain,
Richmond Hill Gallery, Richmond, Surrey
‘RSA Connections’, Edinburgh Festival Exhibition, Edinburgh
‘Pigments & Porcelain’ Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
HighPressureArt Edinburgh College of Art gallery
Expressions: Scottish Art 1976 – 1989 McManus Gallery Dundee
Prints from Scottish Studios Rowe&Maw Gallery London
2001 21st Anniversary Exhibition of Gallery Artists Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
2002 Roger Billcliffe Fine Art Gallery Glasgow
Scottish Artists, Thompson’s Gallery , London 2003
UCF Faculty Exhibition UCF Gallery Orlando Florida USA 2005 - annually
Royal Scottish Museum
Demarco European Foundation
Open Eye Gallery Edinburgh
Flying Horse Press Orlando Florida USA
Art Connection Dubai United Arab Emirates
Open Eye Gallery,Edinburgh
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow.
Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop, Edinburgh
Cyril Gerber Gallery, Glasgow Art Fair
New Figurative Painting, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
The Curious Eye, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2007
Members of the RSA at Mellerstain House, Gordon
35 years of Bohun Gallery, Bohun Gallery,Henley on Thames ,2008
Painters in Bronze The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, 2009
Inside-Outside Open Eye Galley, Edinburgh, 2011
In Japan, Royal Scottish Academy ,Edinburgh 2011
Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
Smokehouse Gallery. Eyemouth
Art London, Chelsea London
The Chosen Few, Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh 2012
40 Years of Fine Art, Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames 2013
Hospitalfied Alumni Association; Meffin Gallery, Forfar 2014
Mellerstain Gallery Mellerstain House, , Bewickshire 2014
Winter Exhibition, McGill Duncan Gallery, Castle Douglas 2014
People and Places, McGill Duncan Gallery Castle Douglas 2014
Scottish Art Today, Bohun Gallery, Henley on Thames 2014
Scottish Drawing: Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2015
2016 Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow 2016
2016 Open Eye Gallery,”Hospitalfield Alumni Exhibition” 2016
2016 Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames “Collage” 2016
2017 RSW Members exhibition. Fabriano, Italy 2017
2018 Scottish Arts Club ”Artists’ Artists” 2018
2018 RSA “Winter Flowers” 2018
2018 RSA “Ages of Wonder” 2018
2018 Academicians’ Prints ,The Academicians’ Gallery RSA, Edinburgh
2019 Guest Artist, Glasgow Arts Club, Members’ Exhibition, Glasgow
2019 Aviary, Academicians’ Gallery RSA, Edinburgh
2019 RSA Members, Our Infinite Land RSA, Edinburgh
2020 Artists in Isolation Academicians’ Gallery RSA, Edinburgh
2020 Gallery Artists, THEE Gallery, Cayan Center, Dubai UAE
2021/23 Gallery Q, Dundee
2020, 21/22 – 20 x 20 Small Paintings, Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow
2022 Mennello Museum, Flying Horse Editions, Gallery Artists. Orlando Florida USA
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
UK USA UAE Canada Puerto Rico Sweden Belgium France China
Spain Ireland Thailand India Australia Hong Kong Finland Israel
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
The New Maths - Teaching Aids in Boolean Algebra, Hornsey College of Art / London University. 1969
An account of Travels in Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,Kashmir and Nepal, Edinburgh College of Art,1969
The Eye in the Wind, Contemporary Scottish Painting, Edward Gage Pub., Collins. London 1977
An Indian Diary, Royal Scottish Academy , Edinburgh 1980
A Comparison of Aims and Objectives of Teachers and Students within the Painting School of Edinburgh College of Art, A thesis in fulfilment of Masters Degree for Edinburgh University, Dept. of Education, Edinburgh, 1980
Chine Collé -Catalogue for Printmakers Workshop Festival Exhibition,
(with Geraldine Prince), Edinburgh 1984
The Day Book, Pub., Andrew Jones, London, 1987
From the Edge, Catalogue of touring exhibition, Pub., Kevin Anderson , Edinburgh 1989
International Colour Authority, London, Paris, New York, 1990
Scottish Society of Artists-The First 100 Years Cordelia Oliver. Pub., SSA. Edinburgh 1991.
Orient melded with Occident article by Edward Gage, The Scotsman,11 May 1997
Models and Art Teaching, Kaleidoscope, Radio 4, BBC 1994
Art Under £1000, Art Review Magazine, February 1996
The Life Class, ARTery Series, Scottish Television, October 1998
'Anatomia’ Artist’s Book pub.,Flying Horse Press UCF Orlando Florida USA 2003
UCF Art Gallery. Essay on Kevin Haran/Transparencies exhibition catalogue 2005
Picture this: Gladys is on the wall with City’s greats”Edinburgh Evening News Fri Nov 10 ,2006
Valencia College, Essay on Carla Poindexter for solo exhibition catalogue. 2006
Artist and Model, The Structure of Human Musculature: Lecture/Demonstration , Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2014
Anatomy of the Hand: Demonstration ,University of Edinburgh Old Medical School, Anatomy Dept.2015
Contemporary Watercolor Masters: Inspirations and Technical Breakthroughs
pub: Zhou Tianya, Huang Chao Cheng. Jillin Fine Arts Press, Changchun, China 2018
Ages of Wonder – Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now, pub: R.S.A. Edinburgh 2018
Students of Hospitalfield: Education and Inspiration in 20th Century Art
author, Peggy Beardsmore. pub. Sansome and Co 2018
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
National Galleries of Scotland (Henry and Sula Walton Collection NGS)
Scottish Arts Council
Edinburgh City Council
Aberdeen City Council
Tayside Regional Council
Strathclyde Regional Council Education Dept.
Leeds City Council
Essex County Council
Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Nuffield Foundation
Motherwell District Libraries
Glasgow University
Victoria and Albert Museum
IBM
Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Library of Scotland
Bank of Scotland
University of Edinburgh
Glasgow University
Art in Healthcare
Fundacio Miro Palma de Mallorca
ARTlink
Malt Whisky Society, Edinburgh
University of Central Florida
Association Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Collioure, France
First State Investments. Edinburgh
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