Iain Faulkner

Scottish artist Iain Faulkner captures snapshots of people's lives during moments of inner contemplation with a highly accomplished photo-realist technique...

Iain Faulkner was born in Glasgow in 1973 where he was raised and educated. He graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a BA (Honours) Degree in Fine Art.

From the onset of his professional career, the fashionable and trendy routes of contemporary and conceptual art, adopted by many of his peers, was not an option. Iain chose instead to follow the more difficult and demanding path of figurative painting wherein clear, concise yardsticks of competence, draughtsmanship and painterly skills can be measured and judged, warts and all.

His career has brought a considerable measure of success with his last four shows in London and New York selling out which is clearly indicative of the public’s appreciation and interest in his work. Faulkner’s paintings are concerned with the portrayal of strong and powerful images capturing calm and contemplative moments, intimate exchanges, solitude, sometimes melancholy, heightened in their resonance by the use of chiaroscuro.

Faulkner’s use of this technique gives a stark contrast between the light source and the often dark tonality found in his paintings. There is a stillness in the everyday themes which conveys a sense of inner-reflection.