My name is Alastair Faulkner and I’m an artist based in Dundee on Scotland’s glorious east coast. My day job is slightly different as I’m training to be a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon. I graduated with a degree in Medicine from The University of Edinburgh in 2012 and became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (MRCSEd) in 2016. I currently work in NHS Tayside.

As a largely self-taught artist, my last art qualification was a GCSE in Art and Design at Secondary School obtained in 2004. After pursuing photography for many years I returned to painting in 2016 and started capturing scenes around Scotland, particularly at the extremes of the day and at night. I also enjoy the challenge of painting portraits and attempting to capture a likeness.

I have received a number of commissions to clients within the UK and abroad including Dubai, Hong Kong,  and the USA. In September 2018 I undertook a portrait and figurative painting course at the prestigious Florence Academy of Art in Italy and have been published in the World of Interiors Magazine. I have also featured on the Stories section of the V&A Dundee website in the article “Making V&A Dundee: An artist’s museum”.

I became a member of the Scottish Society of Artists in 2020. My painting “Trauma” painted during the COVID-19 pandemic has been featured on numerous online and print media including the BBC and the book “Portraits for NHS Heroes” printed by Bloomsbury.

I competed in the 2018 series of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year and was the featured artist in Season 3, episode 1 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week.

I hope you enjoy my work as much as I have producing it! For more information on my art or to commission a work drop me a line at info@afaulknerart.com or read my blog “Bones and Brushes” for updates.

Exhibitions and appearances

• The Afternoon Show: BBC Radio Scotland 
  •  Monday 22nd February 2021
• Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week: Season 3 Episode 1 
  •  Sunday 21st February 2021
• BBC Scotland – The Nine 
  •  Thursday 18th February 2021
• The Courier Weekend
  • ‘I got goosebumps’: Why a Dundee surgeon painted an artistic tribute to his NHS colleagues during lockdown’ – Saturday 12th December 2020
• Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week
  • ‘Trauma’ – painting featured during Facebook Live transmission on Sky TV – Sunday 6th December 2020
• The Scottish Parliament
  • ‘Alastair Faulkner and Art from the Healthcare Frontline – motion ref. S5M-23488’ – Wednesday 25th November 2020
• BBC News
  • ‘Dundee trauma surgeon celebrates NHS colleagues in new artwork’ – Thursday 19th November 2020
• The Sunday Post
  • ‘NHS lifesavers’ toil on canvas: Surgeon unveils powerful portrait of his colleague on trauma ward’ – Sunday 15th November 2020
• The Courier 
  • ‘Dundee surgeon’s stunning artwork to be included in NHS charity book’ – Wednesday 11th November 2020
• Portrait for NHS Heroes Book
  • Published by Bloomsbury Caravel
• The Guardian Weekend
  • ‘Seeing the painting helped me heal’: the NHS workers captured on canvas – Saturday 7th November 2020
• Healthcare Heroes, Online Exhibition
  • Portrait for NHS Heroes
• Paisley Art Institute, 132nd Annual Open Exhibition, Paisley, Scotland
  • 25th July 2020 – 6th September 2020
• Inside Central Station, Episode 3, Glasgow, Scotland – portrait of JFK featured in the documentary
  • 17th May 2020
• British Orthopaedic Trainee Association Gala Dinner Auction, Edinburgh, Scotland – on behalf of World Orthopaedic Concern
  • 28th November 2019
• Grand Central Hotel Portrait Competition, Glasgow, Scotland 
  • 27th August 2019
• The Dundee Art Fair, Dundee, Scotland
  • 24th-26th May 2019
• British Orthopaedic Trainee Association Gala Dinner Auction, Newcastle, England 
  • 15th November 2018
• Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2018, Fountain’s Abbey, Yorkshire. Wild Card Episode 1
  • October 2018
• Art Baho Barcelona, Spain Expo, Barcelona
  • 22nd – 26th September 2018
• Glasgow Contemporary Art Fair, Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow 
  • 11th-13th May 2018
• Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2018, Wallace Collection, London. Contestant Heat 8 
  • January – March 2018
• Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London
  • November 2008 – February 2009