Littlejohn's work, principally in watercolour and collage, contains creative ambiguities of location or time, permitting seagulls in the kitchen or crockery on a harbour wall. His subject-matter reflects his background and his home surroundings in the fishing town of Arbroath. He also been influenced by Japanese culture; many of his recent works include Japanese plates, lanterns, origami birds and fishes, ribbons and finely textured detail. 

William Littlejohn RSA RSW RGI, born 1929

A native of Arbroath, Angus, Littlejohn was educated at Arbroath High School and trained at Dundee School of Art. He was an art teacher in Angus before becoming Head of Drawing and Painting at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen.