Born and educated in Edinburgh, Iain has painted or drawn for as long as he can remember. Although keen on art in his youth he has spent most of his life working in the NHS. However, Iain still found time to paint and sell regularly in Lincolnshire and Scotland. He held his first solo exhibition some 35 years ago in Lincolnshire.

In 2008 he moved on to concentrate on his 'second career' as an artist and has now returned to live and paint in Scotland.

"Whether it is the awe and wonder of the Grand Canyon, the windblown nature of the Scottish coast or flowers in my garden my focus is on capturing something of my emotional response to them. I am drawn to the constantly changing interplay of light, colours and shadow and the challenge of trying to capture them in watercolour. Although I 'play' with oils, the medium of watercolour always seems to draw me back. I try to keep it simple and if I can share a little of my feelings with the viewer then the painting has succeeded.