January in the Library, Abbey Saint Bathans

Lachlan Goudie (b.1976, Glasgow) is a Scottish artist based in London, who is also a published author and broadcaster whose work bridges painting, storytelling and cultural history. Equally at home in the studio, on location or in front of the camera, Goudie has become one of the most engaging public voices in British art, while maintaining a distinguished practice as a painter of landscape, portraiture, industry and still life.

Born in Rothesay in 1877, George Leslie Hunter emigrated to California in 1892 where his father bought a farm. He spent all his time drawing and when his family came back to Scotland in 1900 he remained in California and became part of the Bohemian lifestyle of San Francisco. He earned money by acquiring illustration work for newspapers and magazines. He went to New York with friends and then on to Paris in 1904, working in each city for a few months.