Vettriano, Jack

Jack Vettriano Oil Paintings On Canvas - Jack Vettriano Oil Painting Reproductions - Jack Vettriano Canvas Oil painting, Jack Vettriano Paintings - Jack Vettriano Prints - Jack Vettriano Art - Jack Vettriano Canvas Art Prints, Jack Vettriano Canvas Prints, Jack Vettriano Canvas Wall Art Prints. Jack Vettriano OBE born Jack Hoggan (born 17 November 1951), is a Scottish painter. Vettriano did not take up painting as a hobby until the 1970s, when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his 21st birthday. His earliest paintings, under the name "Jack Hoggan", were copies or pastiches of impressionist paintings – his first painting was a copy of Monet's Poppy Fields. Much of his influence came from studying paintings at the Kirkcaldy Museum and Art Gallery in neighbouring Kirkcaldy. Vettriano's breakthrough year was 1988, when he felt ready to display his paintings in public and submitted two canvases for the Royal Scottish Academy annual show. Both paintings sold on the first day and Vettriano was approached by several galleries who wanted to sell his other work.

His paintings are reminiscent of the film noir genre, often with romantic or nude themes.His original paintings now regularly fetch six figure prices, but he is thought to make more money from the sale of reproductions. He earned £500,000 a year in print royalties The Singing Butler sells more posters and postcards than any other artist in the UK. In 1996, Sir Terence Conran commissioned Vettriano to create a series of paintings for his new Bluebird Club in London. The seven paintings inspired by the life of Sir Malcolm Campbell hung in the Club for ten years. Heartbreak Publishing, Vettriano's own publishing company, is to produce special Boxed Set featuring signed, limited edition prints of all seven paintings to mark the 75th anniversary of Sir Malcolm Campbell's final World Land Speed Record.