About Me

I am a Scottish visual artist and writer based in North Fife.

My practice centres on drawing and writing as twin forms of attention close, repeated, patient looking at the natural world and the thinking that follows from it.

Current work includes Acts of Attention, an ongoing body of observational drawing and nature writing, and Small Signs, a Substack of essays on art, ecology, and the practice of looking.

I also teach drawing workshops and coordinate exhibitions for the Art and Nature Collective, a Dundee-based network of artists working at the intersection of art and ecology.

Black and white drawing of various leaves and flowers, with detailed texture and shading, signed by Alison Philip in the bottom left corner.

Plantain Lily, Charcoal and chalk on paper A3, 2026