Jack Vettriano's popularity and success have garnered him the nickname "The People’s Painter." Born and raised in a Scottish mining town, Vettriano intended to work underground as a mining engineer until a girlfriend gave him a set of paints and his career sharply detoured. The self-taught Vettriano often listens to Leonard Cohen's requiems while he creates his edgy, atmospheric dramas. Vettriano is known for toiling tirelessly until a painting is completed. He has sold more works than Dali, Monet and Van Gogh, and his sales set a record at Scotland Sotheby's.