The painter Jack Vettriano emerged from unlikely beginnings as an apprentice mining engineer in Fife - unknown and untutored - to see his paintings acquired by celebrities around the world. His first solo exhibition sold out, as did the second and he has since become Scotland's most successful and controversial contemporary artist.<BR>Vettriano's men often inhabit a shadowy world. Caught in an illicit embrace, drinking late in a bar, or taking a risk at the racetrack, they represent male hopes, desires, and dreams - sometimes shattered. This collection brings together some of Vettriano's most thought-provoking images of men, revealing both vulnerability and strength in their relationships with women and the world.