I was born in Scotland and arrived in Australia as a child. I attended art school in Melbourne and I recall one of my lectures who was Scottish saying, if you were in Scotland you would probably be going to the Glasgow school of art. This profoundly effected me.whike I can acknowledge my celtic origins, it's triumphs and disasters, I must also acknowledge my adopted countries beauty and tragic history. So I walk in two worlds, this painting tries to reflect that dichotomy.