Dr Barbara Rae CBE RSA RA is an outstanding painter, printmaker and colourist whose work is held in public and private collections worldwide. Rae's subject matter, often expressed in semi-abstract terms, tends to be socio-political depicting the history of a place and its people. Her studio is based Edinburgh but Rae travels abroad in search of inspiration, her work exhibited internationally. A Scot educated in Crieff, Perthshire, Rae trained at Edinburgh's College of Art, later lecturing at the Glasgow School of Art. She became a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1992, a Royal Academician in 1996, and was awarded a CBE in 1999.