Prints – Renaissance Press

John Bellany CBE RA HRSA

John Bellany is one of the most influential Scottish painters since the Second World War. Throughout his career he has painted elemental allegories encompassing the complexities of the human condition. His work is anchored in the rich poetry of the sea and its myths, making Bellany the perfect artist to collaborate with George Bruce, also a poet of the sea. The two portfolios Woman of the North Sea and The Sacred Sea are the magnificent result of this rewarding collaboration.

As John Bellany’s work developed, his iconography became broader – tackling the universality of humanity – pain, sorrow, life and death. His painting is powerful, vibrant and often expressed in astonishing explosions of colour. But his work can also be lyrical, revealing an acute sensitivity to the turmoil of life. He has been awarded numerous honours for his towering contribution to Scottish art.

He works in London, Edinburgh and Barga, Italy.

Dame Elizabeth Blackadder is one of Scotland’s finest painters. She was the first woman artist to be elected a member of both the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy. She is one of Britain’s most popular artists.

She studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh University – and belongs to a long tradition of Scottish artists whose glorious use of colour is widely recognised. The brilliance of her colour, the delicacy of her painting and the refinement of her design, convey the intensity of observation which she transfers with exquisite sensitivity to paper. Her interest in Japan (reflected in her work) and the fluency of her brushstrokes, make her the perfect artist to illustrate books of haiku.

Elizabeth Blackadder is one of the most honoured artists of her generation. As well as a number of honorary degrees – in 2001 she was made The Queen’s Limner and Painter in Scotland.