James McDonald has painted full-time since studying at Edinburgh College of Art. His work, which has won numerous awards, has been exhibited widely throughout the UK and overseas and is in private and public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, BBC, STV and all major Scottish Banks.

In 2004 he established Naked Eye Fine Art, publishing cards & limited edition prints by contemporary Scottish artists.

Prizes and Awards:

1978 Andrew Grant Travelling Scholarship (Paris)

1985 British Council Travel Grant (Belgium)

1986 I.B.M. Purchase Prize

1987 The Falkner Award for Printmaking

1990 The N.S. McFarlane Charitable Trust Award (RGI)

1992 The Alexander Stone Foundation (RGI)

Short listed for First City of Glasgow/Lord Provost Award

Collections include: Victoria & Albert Museum, Kelvingrove Museum, McMasters Museum, Ontario Hunterian Gallery SAC, Commonwealth Institute, Royal Bank of Scotland, Clydesdale Bank, Bank of Scotland, Hove Museum, IBM, Motorola, STV, BBC, Arthur Andersen & Co, Arts in Fife, Harper MacLeod Solicitors, Port Charlotte Hotel, Islay.