Ian Scott

Neil Gunn contemplates inside his Caithness writers retreat

Oil on Wood

2007

Private Collection

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Ian Charles Scott is an artist from Caithness, Scotland who lives and teaches painting at the  Hostos College in New York. He has produced a book of his work called ‘The Shape of the Being: Portrait Project’ ( Victory Hall Press, available from Amazon). 

His paintings can be found in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Aberdeen Art Gallery,  Dundee Art Gallery,  Royal Scottish Academy,  Koyo Institute and Dublin Art Gallery, among others. 

He was recipient of the  ‘The Alastair Salvasen Award’  in 1998 and nominated for the ‘Mayors Award for outstanding Contributions to the Cultural life of New York City’ in 2010.