Ian Laurie a self taught artist and gallery owner, specialising in limited edition etchings. In the 1970’s & 80’s his his work was held by Libertys’ of London and the Medici Gallery. He opened a small gallery in the Cornish artistic community of Newlyn, England where he continued to produce scenic and figurative etchings, although in this painterly environment he also worked with brushes to produce his own versions of the Cornish landscape.