A PRESTWICK artist has taken a step into the future with his brand new augmented reality display.

After graduating from Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, Gordon Brown worked in the creative industry for over 25 years, claiming "art has always been in my blood".

Gordon said: "My first experience with art was when I was in primary school. I was a bit disruptive and couldn’t concentrate on all the subjects, but as soon as I started to draw, I would be focused for hours.

"Later on, I had a wonderful teacher who would take us on field trips to galleries. She took us to the degree graduation show at Glasgow School of Art, and I thought this is what I want to do."

And now Gordon's new work brings a new dimension to at home wall art, with Prestwick's contemporary art gallery Urban Punkz housing his newest works.

Combining original works of art with augmented reality, Gordon has evolved his work into an interactive multimedia experience.

The artwork is framed and viewed on the wall as a traditional decorative feature, however, when the work is scanned with a smartphone and the Artivive App, the wall art comes to life using augmented reality.

Gordon continued: "I enjoy finding new ways of evolving my work and am very curious about innovative technology.

"I create my work as a fairly traditional image that you would hang on the wall, however by combining augmented reality, I can bring a new dimension to my work.

"I had a meeting with the guys from the Aerospace Digital Visualisation Suite (ADVS) in Prestwick about a different project I was working on.

"It got me curious about how I could bring this new technology into my art. I searched and downloaded every single app that had Augmented Reality capabilities, and started to experiment with digital visuals with Artivive.

"It helped me easily enable the capabilities of Augmented reality in my work flawlessly."

Read can download the Artivive App via the Apple store or Google Play. Once downloaded, use the App to scan the artwork to experience the Artwork Saint II, No Saint II and Joy II in Augmented reality at Urban Punkz.