Burns attended Glasgow Art School, graduating in 1983, but found his figurative work at odds with the artistic trend for abstract conceptualism. He then turned to his second love, music, becoming a pop singer-songwriter with his band Valerie and the Week of Wonders. After about four years, he became disillusioned with the music industry, but found new inspiration in teaching art.

Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art, has continued practice as a painter, working in WASPS studios in the Merchant City of Glasgow. Exhibits regularly in London and throughout the UK, both in group shows and one-man exhibitions. Recent work has featured the human figure in motion and underwater.

In 1996, after 17 years as a graphic designer, Graham McKean decided to dedicate himself totally to his oil painting. Graham is currently registered as a self– employed artist painting from a studio in Ayrshire. Graham’s paintings have featured in numerous exhibitions and are appearing at the UK’s leading auction houses.

Atmosphere and radiance; these are the essential elements that Graham pursues in his painting, making his work instantly recognisable and much sought after. In more recent times he has slowly moved away from the representational and finds himself irresistibly drawn towards expressionism with imagery that owes more to the within than the without.

Gregory Rankine graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 and since that time has exhibited in the UK and abroad, including Glasgow, London, Dublin, Limassol and New York. After a six-month residency in Cyprus, he was co-presenter on the BAFTA-nominated SMG television programme, Trout’n About. Rankine won the N.S. Macfarlane Trust Award, Royal Scottish Academy (2007). Rankine’s work is widely collected in the UK, Ireland, France, Finland and the USA including The Woolwich and The Prince’s Trust.

Hazel Cashmore was born in Warwickshire and moved to Caithness in 1978. Hazels work originates from her experience of the Caithness and Sutherland landscape, which is both her home and inspiration. Hazel works primarily in oil and acrylic paint. Towering seas, panoramic vistas, and brooding hills and moorland occupy her paintings, reflecting the qualities of Scotlands most northerly landscape.

Helen Glassford gained a Masters of Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design having previously graduated BA (Hons) Fine Art, Drawing and Painting from DJCA.

Helen produces unique ceramic figures, whimsical and dreamlike in their use of facial expression, body language and occasional narrative in forms such as wall sconces, candlesticks, bowls, boxes and decorative pieces.

Born and raised in Scotland, Ian relocated to London to study photojournalism and launch his photographic career in 1985. Originally working for fashion trade magazines and public relations companies, he now photographs extensively for the retail, financial, legal and technology sectors, and his striking images have appeared in The Independent, The Guardian and The Sunday Telegraph, as well as many annual reports and corporate communications publications.

Ingrid was born in Lochgilphead in 1984, and grew up near Montrose. She graduated from Gray’s School of Art in 2006; with a BA (hons) in fine art, specialising in painting. She has exhibited across the north east of Scotland, in Edinburgh and Argyll.