Artist. Born in Port Glasgow, but raised in Greenock, Watt trained at Glasgow School of Art and became an art teacher at St. Columba's Secondary School in Greenock. He drew inspiration from the West of Scotland coast and particularly the harbours and shipyards of Inverclyde for many of his works, which typically featured Clyde puffers and represent a record of the changes in the maritime industries along the Firth of Clyde. Watt also painted in the Faroe Islands and the West of Ireland. A prolific artist, his paintings can be found in several public art collections, including the Scottish Maritime Museum, the McLean Museum and Art Gallery in Greenock, and as well as the private collections of HM Queen Elizabeth II. He was elected a Member of Society of Scottish Artists in 1965 and of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 2002. Watt retired to Largs, where he died.
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