Ian Elliot was born in Glasgow in1946. Elliot's talent as a young Scottish artist the Glasgow School of Art in 1964, the young Ian Elliot had already won several medals for modern art Scottish paintings.

Like a many of today’s successful Scottish contemporary artists, Ian Elliot, left the Glasgow School of Art and took up a career teaching modern art. Elliot eventually became Head of Modern Art at a large Glasgow school. Then after some years Ian decided to focus full time on painting contemporary art.

Since becoming a full time artist Ian Elliot has quickly established a reputation as a popular modern Scottish artist. Ian's contemporary paintings are now collected by British and Scottish art enthusiasts and by collectors in Eire, Germany, Spain, Canada and the USA.

In 2003 Ian Elliot was a finalist of International Artist magazine for his Landscape painting.

Ian Elliot paintings are frequently inspired by visits to the Scottish farmlands, Tuscany and Mallorca. Ian Elliot is quoted as saying “Traveling extensively throughout the Scottish farmlands, an endless fascination for the Tuscan countryside and frequent visits to me pied a terre on the Island of Mallorca have provided me with an endless land and seascape material creating a fusion of shimmering colours, distinctive buildings of the land, and abstract expressionistic vistas.”

In addition to Red Rag Scottish Art Gallery Ian Elliot art work has been exhibited at other leading Scottish Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Ian Elliot artist studio and like all Red Rag Scottish art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.