Alasdair Gray

Alasdair Gray's prolific production of distinctive and original works of art and writing makes him one of the most influential and admired creative polymaths of recent times.

Better-known as a novelist, but also a muralist, playwright, printmaker and illustrator, Gray's work includes the frontispieces for his own Lanark. Alasdair Gray's best-known productions as a visual artist are his graphic illustrations for his own books, and he is interested in a tradition of writers who have also illustrated their own work, including William Blake and Rudyard Kipling.