Born Glasgow 1950, Glen studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1968 to 1973. He was awarded a travelling scholarship to Greece in 1973.
Glen is a contemporary Scottish artist living in Ayrshire. His passion is for colour and light with a strong bold approach to his subject matter, which includes landscape, still life and the human figure. His work is based on direct observation from nature, painting en plein air and developing larger works in the studio. Throughout a long and distinguished career, Glen has had over 50 solo exhibitions in the UK and abroad. He also recently became an author, penning a book about his watercolour paintings.
He was elected a member of The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) in 1997, and The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts (RGI) in 1989. He has also won many awards for his work in both oil and watercolour, and is included in numerous corporate and public collections worldwide including The South African Government, The Scottish Government, De Beers, and The Royal Bank of Scotland.