Born in Greenock in 1955, Douglas Thomson studied at the Glasgow School of Art between 1974 and 1978 since when he has traveled widely and has lived and worked in Germany. Now based in Glasgow, he has exhibited paintings, prints and sculpture throughout Europe, with major solo shows in Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Bath, Nürnberg, Munich and Gstaad. Commenting on his work, a prominent art critic has said of him:”
“Thomson creates, in paintings, monoprints and sculptures of heads, a world of his own. Is it an alternative world, a world of myth? What seems to me most clear is that, capturing the viewer with a subtle web of colour, form and texture, Thomson proposes an almost endless variety of human relationships.