Alex lives and works in Port Appin, Argyll, as a freelance artist and designer. Former Head of Design at BBC Scotland, he now paints in the west coast of Scotland and south-west France where he and his wife Midge, a textile artist spend part of the year.

As well as painting, he undertakes design commissions where the client requires "unusual" or "out of the ordinary" solutions.

In recent years projects have included a green oak framed extension to a house in Glen Creran and the design of a new house in the Strath of Appin.

A member of the Chartered Society of Designers, and former Scottish committee member, his broad design experience and expertise places him in a good position to provide creative solutions to difficult briefs or simply to give overall design advice to clients.