Aodh Sean O'Ruairc D.A. (Hugh Sean O'Rourke), is a graduate of the famous Glasgow School of Art. As a student Sean won the prestigious MacLaine-Watters Medal at the Royal Scottish Academy's Student Competition in 1977 and in 1978 won First Prize in the Watercolour section in the John and Mabel Craig Bequest Fund Competition at Glasgow School of Art. During the same year he was shown in Glasgow's Centre for Contemporay Arts "Artists Under Thirty" exhibition, having been selected from entrants all over the country.

Sean's first one man show was in the Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries in 1981. Since then, alongside having numerous one-man shows and group exhibitions, he has worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, musician, teacher and lecturer. He has also undertaken many portrait and landscape commissions, exhibiting in various public and private galleries. His paintings can be found in collections internationally.

Sean has also had considerable success as a musician with the JSD Band, Alba and the Keltz having toured Britain, Europe and USA, producing 10 albums of innovative and high quality music. He has worked with and played alongside such people as David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars, Supertramp, Marianne Faithful and distinguished jazz musicians and composers Mike Gibbs, John Taylor and Andy Park making music for Channel 4.

Sean continues to play and produce high-quality music alongside his painting career with both arts feeding off and influencing each other.

With this wealth of experience behind him, Sean is pleased to put this talent and expertise to work producing paintings of outstanding quality.