George Christie lives on the beautiful Isle of Arran off the west coast of Scotland, to which he retired after a working life in medical research developing improved medicines for the treatment of disease.

He is a self-taught artist who, having moved to Arran, was inspired by the magnificent varied scenery of the island, and its wonderful skies, sunsets and sunrises to try to capture them using a semi-abstract style which emphasises the beauty of the colours and conveys the emotions which they engender. He combines art with the computer screen on which he paints the pictures using brushes and colours just as if painting onto a canvas. When complete the image is then printed with a specialised printer, using pigment inks onto treated canvas, then individually signed, titled and numbered in a limited edition of only 25. His first Arran picture - 'Dawn arrivals' - was inspired by the contrails of aeroplanes flying back to the UK high over Holy Isle early one winter morning.   After that new pictures just seemed to pop up everywhere!   Rich colours combine with geometric shapes to produce semi-abstract views; other gentler scenes reflect the morning mists or sunbeams through clouds over the sea. His 'Dreamscapes' series is pure escapist - reflections of moods - from escapism, through delight, to anger or melancholy, sometimes drawn from half-remembered scenes and the associated feelings, sometimes pure imagination. The 'Flower art' series derives from his other interest in photography.   The specially taken images are hand-moulded to emphasise the structural elements of the blooms, and placed in a frame which brings out their intense colours, turning photographs into works of art which glorify the beauty of the natural world.

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