Iain FAULKNER (b. 1973). The Physicist. Oil on canvas monogrammed lower left. Height : 50 cm - Width : 50 cm Note: A Scottish artist who studied at the Glasgow School of Art, Iain Faulkner soon turned to figurative painting. Focusing on visual impact rather than narrative, he portrays himself through self-portraits that combine solitude and sometimes melancholy, an atmosphere accentuated by the use of chiaroscuro.