About this artwork
Award-winning crime writer Denise Mina was born in East Kilbride. After leaving school at 16, she worked in a series of low-paid jobs while studying at night school. She studied law at the University of Glasgow and it was while teaching criminology at the University of Strathclyde that Mina began to write fiction. Her novels include the Garnethill Trilogy (1998-2001), set in the Garnethill area of Glasgow. A number of Mina’s novels have been adapted for the screen and she has also written plays for stage and radio.
Updated November 2022
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artist:Gerard M Burns (born 1961) Scottish
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title:Denise Mina, b 1966. Crime writer and playwright
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date created:2015
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:90.50 x 90.20 x 2.50 cm; Framed: 117.20 x 117.40 x 6.50 cm
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credit line:Gift 2016
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accession number:PG 3765
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Gerard M Burns
Gerard M Burns
Gerard M Burns was born in Glasgow. He studied drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1983. Burns has had a successful teaching career, leaving his post as Principle of Art at Glasgow’s St Aloysius College to focus full time on painting. He has completed commissions for a...
