Moustachios
There was a time when one had to have a moustache to be a Director of Baillie Marshall. This unwritten rule originated in 1980 (above) and it wasn't until financial director, Mr Brian Helmore...
Up Kinnoull Hill
These are more pics from the recovered old film out of my attic, this time from an art college shoot on Kinnoull Hill, Perth, circa 1972. The other photographer is Brian Galloway – spot the...
Teenage pics
Last year, whilst rearranging memorabilia (junk) up in our attic, I rediscovered a few old rolls of used black and white film that I reckoned I must have taken around my time at art college,...
Walking in Paradise
During the reign of Fergus McCann (1994-1999), I was invited to design this marketing brochure and its accompanying sponsorship folder and leaflets for Celtic Football Club. The first phase...
Tout alors! Qui est il?
C'est moi! Yes, moustache, beard and all, dressed up for a 'Come Dine With Us' French evening of food, wine and fun. What a great idea – four couples, £25 each in a kitty, four themed evenings...
Maisie
We have a regular four-legged visitor to our home – Maisie. As you can see, she's a beautiful grey tabby. She belongs to our new neighbours, but she obviously enjoys her excursions to other...
Tay Bridge Sunset
There are some fantastic sunsets over the Tay all year round. These snaps were taken in mid-February, just after 6pm. As fortune would have it, a solitary swan decided to come over to...
On ice
Done as an art college project in printmaking, these are eight silkscreens from a set of 20 variations of the same image, by using the same four screens and interchanging the five...
Childs play
Allegedly, back in 2003, a Laarge & Faamous London agency, responsible at that time for RBS design and advertising, had taken a couple of months and still failed to come up with a suitable logo for...
Capital investment
These ice cream packs were only two of the hundreds of food packs I must have been involved in designing for Capital 'fridge and freezer foods' stores over the 12 years or more that Baillie Marshall were...