Iain has worked as a freelance artist specialising in illustration and multi-media film and video work since the mid 1980’s. He has led projects with many diverse groups and communities across Scotland and Europe and has won a number of awards at film festivals in the UK, Europe and America.

 

He has created a number of educational film works and illustration projects for Scottish Opera including the animated story books for the awarding winning children’s operas; A Tale o’ Tam O’ Shanter and James Watt: A Head of Steam as well as the Pop Up Opera tours; A Little Bit of Bubble McBea and A Little Bit of Northern Light. His work has taken him across the world to places including India, Canada, Botswana, South Africa and Oman.

Outwith his Bongles work he is currently working on a number of illustration and film projects including Fever (a musical about a virus), The Song of the Clyde (a pop up opera about the history of the River Clyde) and The Tiny Chef (a collaboration between Scottish Opera and the Confucius institute to create an online book introducing children to chinese food and language.)