Born in Fife in 1952, Brian Petrie trained in Graphic design at Napier College in Edinburgh before joining DC Thomson in Dundee as a magazine designer. In 1995 he left to pursue a freelance career as a cartoonist producing the cartoon strip ‘Chic ‘n’ Sammy’ for the Sunday Mail and “The Sporran Legion” for the Scottish Sun where he now supplies a daily topical cartoon. His inspiration comes from regular trips around the coasts and islands of Scotland. Brian works mainly in oils and acrylics and his paintings are on show in a number of Galleries throughout Scotland.