Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland in 1950, Alexander studied at the Glasgow School of Art between 1968 - 72. He has lived in Dumfriesshire since 1978.

EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:

The Royal Scottish Academy (RSA)

The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours (RSW)

The Royal Glasgow Institute (RGI)

The Scottish Society of Artist and Artist Craftsmen (SAAC)

Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) professional member since 1994

SOLO EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:

McGill Duncan Gallery, Castle Douglas

Ottersburn Gallery, Dumfries

Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries

SOLO/TWO MAN EXHIBITONS INCLUDE:

Gatehouse Gallery, Glasgow

The Courtyard Gallery, Crail

Clachanmore Gallery, Stranraer

MIXED EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:

The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh

Frames Gallery, Perth

Catto Gallery, London

Eton Gallery, London

Thompson's Galleries

Works accepted by the Morrison Portrait Competition, the Laing Landscape Competition and the Paisley Drawing Competition. Alexander was invited by Anne Griggs Interior Design Assoc to provide paintings for Cambridge Gate Show Flats, Regents Park, London 1997 -97.

Works purchased by HRH Duke of Edinburgh; Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries; Dumfries and Galloway Educational Trust.

Changing from full-time to part-time teaching in 1989 in order to concentrate more fully on painting. Since 1993, Alexander has tutored annual summer schools in Moffat and Dumfries. In 1998, he was invited to teach and show examples of his work in Red Deer College of Art and Design in Alberto, Canada. From his own studios in Auldgirth, Alexander is now running summer schools of life and portrait drawing.

Alexander's subject matter for his work includes still life, landscape and portraits using a variety of media: oil, gouache, pastel and watercolour. Special emphasis is placed on strong tonal contrast and rich colour, which follows in the tradition of the Glasgow Boys and the Scottish Colourists.