Capture Scotland in your home

Scotland Magazine has scoured the Highlands and Islands to find an artist who best captures the mood of the country. We have discovered Ian Gray, of international renown, and asked him to produce a limited edition print exclusively for Scotland Magazine readers

How many times have you wished you could experience the real Scotland? Or seen the most beautiful view and just wished you could bring it back home? Well, Scotland Magazine has sourced one of the most spectacular landscapes from one of Scotland's leading artists, Ian Gray, and is producing a limited edition print run of only 500 prints, exclusively for readers of Scotland Magazine. Each print is hand signed by the artist and individually numbered, ensuring you receive this most personal and unique print of Scotland. Capturing the mood of the islands, Loch Indaal Sunset is one the most breathtaking views you will witness.

THE ARTIST Born in Hamilton, Scotland in 1966, Ian's family have a tradition in creating and working with the arts. Second son to an engineer/draftsman and inventor, his mother being a skilled kilt maker, both grandparents were highly skilled, his grandfather created wonderful sculptures and pottery, while his grandmother was a painter, creating scores of designs for pottery.

Leaving school at 17, Ian worked in a picture framer and gallery in Edinburgh, before travelling to Germany to study at Bochum University. It was here that he became interested in photography and design. In 1989 Ian started painting and experimenting with photo design in his studio in Düsseldorf. Among his early works were the ‘flaschen geister' a unique photographic process, where images of people were developed inside bottles to create an illusion of trapped ghosts.

He also worke...

To read the rest of this article you can do any of the following.

• By : Sally Toms
• In : Art and Antiques
• Issue : 37
• Page : 38
• Words : 526