Ian Fry was born in Edinburgh Scotland . He studied illustration & design at Glasgow School of Art ,graduating in 1978. After freelancing as a book and advertising illustrator in Scotland and later London,he moved to Canada in 1985.
For ten years he worked as an independent illustrator in Vancouver's Gastown . In
1994 he decided to devote more time to painting and rented a studio at Kleewyk
,North Vancouver , creating several very large paintings for a Japanese collector.
On moving to Bowen Island in 1985 , fine art became a full time occupation, the
island itself being a source of inspiration till 2009 when a temporary move to
Scotland saw Ian painting and selling through three galleries there before returning to B.C. The part of the world closest to his heart. Ian has exhibited his art in the lower mainland of BC, including Whistler and Vancouver island ,and also in Scotland. His paintings are in corporate and private collections in Canada, the U.S.A.--where he also designed a large mural in Dallas, Texas---- and in the U.K. Germany and Israel.
He lives in the Comox valley, Vancouver Island .
