Gordon McKnight is a retired architect and is a member of the Arts Society of Ulster and an Associate of the Royal Ulster Academy. He is a very successful watercolour artist, winning many awards including the Percy French Watercolour Competition which he has won on three occasions. He has been a full time painter since 1991.

2002 - Haughton Trophy, Ulster Watercolour Society
2000 - Best Watercolour, RUA exhibition
1999 - Rose Society of Northern Ireland Painting Competition, 1st
1999 - Lord Mayor's Xmas card competition winner
1998 - UWS Haughton Trophy
1995 - Lord Mayor's Xmas card competition winner
1994 - RUA most popular work voted by public