Iain Brady, born in Glasgow, Scotland, is a contemporary artist and now resides in Edinburgh with his wife Jennifer. Iain is trained as a painter at Grays School of Art, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

The work on this website relates to the 25 years he lived on the Isle of Lewis. Island landscape and culture remain a pivotal influence.

The natural limits of an island is often where one feels most effortlessly in the present.  Natural forces push and pull creating a tentative balance. Fragility and strength sit side by side. Stories and histories are told through rich colours, surfaces and textures. These are some of the bedrocks of the work.

Natural materials have become part of the creative process. Peat, sand and wood are embedded into resin. Three dimensional elements are created and added. Small imagined birds stretch ready to flee and take on the challenges of the world. The work becomes something of an artefact and a natural extension of its subject matter.

The final shape of the painting is often irregular and a distinct relationship between it and the surrounding space is formed.

Iain has exhibited widely with work in private and public collections here and abroad.