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The Singing Butler's lady in red on TV

Orla Brady is to appear on Richard & Judy’s show on UK TV today at 2pm to be interviewed about the new series of ‘Mistresses‘ on BBC1 but also to talk about being ‘the lady in red’ in Vettriano’s painting, The Singing Butler‘. Information about today’s interview was released a few hours ago. Orla is today, to be presented with a print of ‘Dancer In Emerald’, the sister painting to ‘The Singing Butler’, which features the actress in the same dancing pose but wearing a dark emerald dress instead of the now famous, red dress. The original painting, ‘Dancer In Emerald’ has gone on loan to the Kirkcaldy Museum in Fife as part of this year’s Homecoming Scotland celebrations. jack vettriano was in the news last month when he boasted , as most artist do , that he had bedded most of his models . Whether Orla Brady is one such conquest has not been revealed

Best selling artist Jack Vettriano of Lunchtime Lovers fame at Photogold

Kelpies canvas prints for sale – original images of the Kelpies.

Jack Vettriano was born in St Andrews , Fife, Scotland in 1951 and grew up in the mining town of Methil . He was raised in poverty – he lived with his mother, father and older brother in a spartan miner’s house, sharing a bed with his brother and wearing hand-me-down clothes. From the age of 10, his father sent him out doing any job that would earn money. His father took half his earnings. After leaving school at 15, he followed his father down the mine, working as an apprentice engineer. Vettriano took up painting as a hobby in the 1970s when a girlfriend bought him a set of watercolours for his birthday and from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching himself to paint.

In 1984, Vettriano first submitted his work to an art exhibition in the museum . Jack Nicholson, Sir Alex Ferguson , Sir Terence Conran and Sir Tim Rice are amongst his fans .

Photogold was the first online art gallery in the UK and it is older than Google ! It was initially designed by photographer David Rankin  to market primarily prints of Scotland , including landscape prints featuring our eco canvas prints . We have a comprehensive range of signed limited edition prints by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano including Lunchtime Lovers and Elegy for the Dead Admiral . 

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Photogold offers a corporate art service for local businesses . With over 20 years experience in the art trade we can supply the artwork for any business , hotel or organisation . For more details phone 07723-538941.

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