* PETER MCLAREN (SCOTTISH B.1964), STILL LIFE WITH POPPIES

oil on board, signed and titled '91 verso framed image size 64cm x 74cm, overall size 80cm x 90cm Condition of picture is good overall, with no visible or known issues. Exhibition label verso: Modern Masters, The Scottish Gallery 2013, Edinburgh Note: Peter Mclaren was born in Edinburgh in 1964, he was schooled in Fife then studied at the Edinburgh College of Art. He won the John Kinross Scholarship, from the Royal Scottish Academy, which allowed him to study in Florence, and the Richard Ford Award, from the Royal Academy in London, to study the works in the Prado, Madrid. Early influences include the collection of Scottish Colourists and post war expressionist paintings from his home town of Kirkcaldy's Museum. As a student Mclaren travelled by bicycle to see collections in Amsterdam, Arnhem, Paris and London. Post-graduation, he won an Andrew Grant Scholarship which introduced him first hand to American art. Wyeth, Pollock, Lichtenstein and Warhol. In 1989 Mclaren won the inaugural British Airways Most Promising Artist Award. His work is held in many public and private collections.