Iain Shanks

My first childhood memory of art is...

My uncle is a professional artist, particularly sculpture so visiting his house as a kid contrasted greatly with my own very organised home. So I am an organiser and minimalist by nature but seeking art to mix up the normal and inspire me to be different.

I am drawn to an artwork when...

I love a mash up of ideas, Ed Fairburn's work brings people and places together, his canvas is an original map, to which he brings out portraits through shading different areas.

A theme in art that I gravitate towards is...

My themes are people and places, often places that mean something to me personally.