Jack Vettriano has risen to become one of the UK's most popular, and yet most controversial, contemporary artists. Prints of his paintings outsell Van Gogh, Dali, and Monet and his paintings have been acquired by celebrities around the world. Demand for his work has led to record-breaking prices achieved at auction, most notably, The Singing Butler, which was sold at Sotheby's in 2004 for Ýpounds¨740,000, the highest price ever paid at auction for a Scottish painting.<BR>Here, for the first time, we get up close and personal with the artist in his studio. We see how Vettriano works in Scotland, London and Nice, and what these very different environments bring to his work. Here is an exclusive window into the life of the artist providing a multiple of clues to the mysteries and complexity of his work. The book also examines how culture has influenced Vettriano and how his work has come to influence others.