Jim Dunbar

I was born at Mambasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. My parents were protestant missionaries.

I came to Scotland to attend secondary school, and after a year I went to USA for two years, later returning to finish my schooling in Scotland. I studied Drawing and Painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee.

After my teaching qualification, I taught Art and Design in secondary schools for twenty years. I retired in 1999 to paint full time which I have been doing since.

I was  elected a full member of the Royal Watercolour Society, and The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and the Royal Glasgow Institute.

I am currently the President of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.