The rapid decline of the Clyde as a major ship-building force in the post war era led many Scottish engineers to seek work elsewhere. In direct contrast to the decline of the Clyde, the flourishing tea industry along the banks of the Brahmaputra in post-independence India provided sought after work for many Scots; his father among them.

Kilpatrick was born in Assam, India where he lived until his family returned to Scotland when he was ten. Trained at St Martin’s School of Art in London, he has been exhibiting both nationally and internationally from his base in Edinburgh for the last fifteen years. His work has entered the collections of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Scotland, Turcan Connell and The Fleming Collection. He is also represented in numerous private collections both in the UK and abroad.

These three lithographs are based on a series of drawings entitled ‘Where the Brahmaputra meets the Clyde,’ which the artist exhibited in his solo show in London with Art First earlier this year. The work examines how his past growing up in Assam and his present living and working in Scotland interconnect through these two rivers.

The rapid decline of the Clyde as a major ship-building force in the post war era led many Scottish engineers to seek work elsewhere. In direct contrast to the decline of the Clyde, the flourishing tea industry along the banks of the Brahmaputra in post-independence India provided sought after work for many Scots; his father among them.