Jim was born and educated in Edinburgh and is a full time artist.

Mostly self taught he paints predominantly in oil and watercolours. His is influenced from the observations of daily life, architecture and the landscape. He enjoys experimenting with colour, mixing paint directly on to the canvas to create the effect of movement and light.

Jim paints in a variety of styles to capture the mood and characteristic of the subject.

He regularly exhibits across Scotland and his work is currently hanging in many other countries across Europe and the USA.