Alasdair Wallace is a rare painter/printmaker for our age. He is a brilliant technician, his works are sophisticated in terms of both their accessibility to the spectator, and the complexity of thought which lies behind them. A rare combination. "Bizarre, odd but subtle," is how the artist describes them and this is true, although the spectator might add 'alluring' or 'fascinating'. In a style that is characterized by a very tight and carefully orchestrated formal composition combined with an unusual density and richness of colour, Wallace creates what he calls "landscape inventions". These are drawn from the worlds of his artistic predecessors - Bosch, Giorgione and Breughel are among those who he cites as influences - as well as first hand study of early renaissance and medieval art, which he admires for its sense of the absurd and fascination with the unusual.

The juxtaposition of images is often disconcerting, stimulating the mind of the spectator and encouraging a depth of interaction between viewer and work that is rare, and especially rewarding as it is tempered with a gentle humour. Individually, details from his work are as engaging and fascinating as the whole painting. It is the stuff that modern mythology could and should be made from. We are able to read our own narratives into each work; they are catalysts to our imaginations and as such are extremely valuable objects. Wallace's statements about his work show this to be intentional: "Images occur to me, they ring a bell somewhere in my head. Sometimes the significance is obvious to me, sometimes not, but that is of no consequence to the onlooker. The poignancy of the image should enable other viewers to concoct their own significances."

Wallace has trained in Glasgow, Dublin and Northern Italy, and the result of this Alasdair's work is ripe with ideas, sources and technical devices absorbed through these experiences.

Wallace studied Fine Art Painting at Glasgow School of Art between1987 and 1991. Wallace lives and works in Glasgow and exhibits regularly in London and Glasgow. He has won numerous awards including the prestigious Noble Grossart Painting Prize in 2001.