Jack Vettriano

A Man’s World

Foreword by Ian Rankin

£10

Hardback
ISBN 978-1862058569
Hardback, Size 208 x 164mm, Pages 112, Price: £9.99

This gift-sized book focuses on Vettriano’s men. Depicted against a backdrop of bars, clubs, racetracks and bedrooms, the men are often mysterious, hard-edged and sometimes vulnerable. It is a timeless world of drama, passion, secret liaisons and hedonism, where men chase dreams and play for high stakes.

“My work relies heavily on narrative though I never much like to discuss the narrative, preferring as I do to allow the viewer to compose their own, perhaps more personal scenarios.

Men are less complete than women. Our wiring systems are geared for life on earth two million years ago. To have half the population of the world emotionally underdeveloped is an inescapable part of the human condition. So man soldiers on.

‘A Man’s World’ contains some of the images which, to my way of thinking, best represent the qualities of man; from predatory to vulnerable, from cruel to sensitive and from hungry to bloated – my men are thus defined.” Jack Vettriano

Jack Vettrian

Women in Love

Foreward by Jack Vettriano

£9.99

Hardback
ISBN 978-1862058552
Hardback, Size 208 x 164mm, Pages 112, Price: £9.99

This gift-sized book focuses on Vettriano’s women – the mysterious, seductive, beautiful, languid, passionate and powerful.

Inspired by his many muses, Vettriano’s paintings have frequently focused on women and they have formed the subject of some of his most popular and significant paintings, including the “Singing Butler” and “Mad Dogs”. Whether relaxing on a beach, reclining in a bar or dancing through the night, this book celebrates Jack’s vision of women and their importance in his work.

“I have always sought the company of women over men. This is not a purely sexual endeavour; as companions, they possess a range of qualities that far outweigh those of mere man.

In choosing the paintings for ‘Women In Love’, I have purposely avoided my femme fatales and their manipulative behaviour. I have chosen those paintings which I think best illustrate my definition of love and contain the aspects of women that draw me in.” Jack Vettriano

Jack Vettrian

Studio Life

Foreword by Ian Rankin

£25

Photographs by Jillian Edelstein
Text by Tom Rawstorne

Published by Pavilion Books
Published on 28 March 2008
ISBN 1862057435
Hardback, 280 x 228mm, Pages 160

Price £25.00

Click HERE for details of Cheltenham Literary Festival discussion with Ian Rankin.

Jack Vettriano

Jack Vettriano: A Life

£25

Text by Anthony Quinn

Published by Pavilion Books

Published on 25 October 2004
ISBN 1862056463
Hardback, Size 280 x 228mm, Pages 192

Price £25.00