Ian Elliot was born in Glasgow, He won gold and bronze medals for art on four successive occasions before attending and graduating from Glasgow School of Art. Thereafter, Ian entered the teaching profession to become the Head of Art & Design in King's Park Secondary School in Glasgow.
He says that; ’Travelling extensively throughout Scotland and the continent I’m forever fascinated by the visual imagery I encounter on reaching my destined ports of call. Each day presents a fresh source of locations, of movement, colour, rhythm and pattern, These, coupled with a free flow of imaginative translation, have provided me with material to create a fusion of life, of shimmering colours, distinctive buildings of the land, and abstract expressionistic vistas,’