Iain Faulkner Scotland, b. 1973
Scottish artist Iain Faulkner graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1996 with a BA in Fine Art. He has had numerous solo shows in the UK, USA, France, Switzerland, Spain and Italy. His work appears in many private and corporate collections; in 2010 he was commissioned to paint the European Ryder Cup Team member portraits.
His works feature a lone protagonist. Dressed uniformly in white shirt, black suit trousers and leather shoes, we see him paused between activities at a moment of reflection, pre-occupation or self-absorption. These scenes highlight moments of withdrawal and consolidation, where the subject turns inward. He appears rootless and world-weary, in transit in a hotel or at the wheel of a car or motor-boat. The images imply a sense of a nomadic existence. The fact that his face is obscured or turned away, allows us to see this figure as an everyman, a player both familiar and universal.
The pictures are rendered in a highly-controlled, meticulously-realised representational technique, where skilful draughtsmanship and a masterful handling of light and shade combine to articulate the architecture, space and atmosphere. Faulkner deploys a cool palette dominated by bluish tones of black, grey and white to create calm detachment. The paintings abound in reflective surfaces: glass, polished chrome and painted metal refract, fragment and repeat.
These images are romantic. They conjure ideas of modern-day, male heroes. Solitary and brooding, these figures suggest alienation, but also speak of autonomy and resilience. They bring to mind Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Wanderer’ or ‘bandes dessinées’ characters and even Ian Fleming’s peripatetic Scot. There is a sense that these ‘illustrated pauses’ are strategic interludes where thoughts are ordered and decisions made before getting back into the saddle and re-joining the fray.
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Iain FaulknerElgol, 2024Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerElgol II, 2024Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerLago di Braies Morning, 2024Oil on canvas40 x 40 in
101.6 x 101.6 cm -
Iain FaulknerLake Como, Museo, 2024Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerLake Como, Museo II, 2024Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerLake Como, Museo III, 2024Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerLake Como, Museo sunrise, 2024Oil on canvas36 x 36 in
91.4 x 91.4 cm -
Iain FaulknerLoch Etive, Last Light, 2024Oil on canvas20 x 20 in
50.8 x 50.8 cm -
Iain FaulknerBrooklyn Boardwalk, 2023Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerEmbers II, 2023Oil on canvas10 x 10 in
25.4 x 25.4 cm -
Iain FaulknerFire and Whisky, 2023Oil on canvas16 x 16 in
40.6 x 40.6 cm -
Iain FaulknerGathering Thoughts, 2023Oil on canvas24 x 24 in
61 x 61 cm -
Iain FaulknerLondon Stirring, 2023Oil on canvas25 x 31 in
63.5 x 78.7 cm -
Iain FaulknerManhattan Bridge, 2023Oil on canvas36 x 36 in
91.4 x 91.4 cm -
Iain FaulknerMorning Glow, London, 2023Oil on canvas36 x 48 in
91.4 x 121.9 cm -
Iain FaulknerMorning Glow, London II, 2023Oil on canvas30 x 40 in
76.2 x 101.6 cm -
Iain FaulknerPebble Beach Evening, 2023Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerThe Message, 2023Oil on canvas16 x 16 in
40.6 x 40.6 cm -
Iain FaulknerBarcelona, 2020Oil on canvas12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerRendezvous, 2020Limited Edition Print on Canson Arches Aquarelle Rag31 ½ x 31 ½ in
80 x 80 cmEdition of 95 plus 5 artist's proofs$ 650.00 -
Iain FaulknerShoreline, 2020Oil and wax on board12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 cm -
Iain FaulknerFirst Light, Blackfriars Bridge, 2018Oil on canvas36 x 36 in
91 x 91 cm
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Iain Faulkner
Lighting the Way 2 Feb - 9 Mar 2024 -
Tribeca Summer Show
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Art Palm Beach + Contemporary
22 - 26 Jan 2025Friedrichs Pontone is delighted to exhibit works from a selection of our international artists at the 2025 edition of Art Palm Beach + Contemporary. Traversing...Read more -
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary
21 - 24 Mar 2024Friedrichs Pontone is delighted to exhibit works from a selection of our international artists at the 2024 edition of Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary. Our...Read more -
Art Palm Beach + Contemporary 2024
24 - 28 Jan 2024Friedrichs Pontone is delighted to exhibit works from a selection of our international artists at the 2024 edition of Art Palm Beach. Our presentation brings...Read more
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Iain FaulknerRendezvous, 2020Limited Edition Print on Canson Arches Aquarelle Rag31 ½ x 31 ½ in
80 x 80 cmEdition of 95 plus 5 artist's proofs$ 650.00 -
Iain FaulknerSt. Paul's Solitude, 2020Limited Edition Print on Canson Arches Aquarelle Rag27 ½ x 27 ½ in
70 x 70 cmEdition of 95 plus 5 artist's proofs$ 575.00