Customer Reviews
Good book with some flaws - By: M. Mccurtin, 02 Jul 2008 
I really liked this book, the pictures are great quality & being able to see Vetrianos studies was interesting. However as another reviewer said you don't actually get to see or read much about how the artist works other than some brief talk of music & inspiration, even with these small flaws it's still a book worth reading & one I come back to often for inspiration myself.
Great Book - By: L. Freshwater, 26 Jun 2008 
Love this book, it is interesting & informative & worth reading more than once. This guy is Brilliant.
Through the keyhole for Jack fans - By: RC, 25 Mar 2008 Sorry for gushing but I'm a real fan of Jack Vettriano's work - I love the story-telling within each piece & the glamorous world he paints. This book, I admit isn't all about the paintings - it is actually a look at the artist - how he creates the work & his inspirations. So you get to see into his house, his books & the models he paints. I'm quite nosy & this is a classy piece of "through the keyhole" work. You get to see the artistin his natural surroundings. Plus I love the new paintings.
Vettriano Disappoints - By: Robert Dixon, 22 Mar 2008 Vettriano Disappoints.
This book has been long awaited by Vettriano fans; it was due out last year. The question is, was it worth the wait & does it live up to expectations?
The sub title: ‘Studio Life’ gives the content away. The book sets out to show Jack Vettrianoin his studio with some of his many models. However, we are also given a tour around Vettriano’s studio, all three of them, as well as his various apartments. Oddly, being a book on ‘Studio Life’, we are shown very little of Vettriano’s working methods. In fact, all we are really shown are photographs of Vettriano taking photographs as well as some of the end results. Only one photograph shows us his workin progress and, as this isin the very early stages of that work, it will mean little to most.
Photographs there are plenty of, however, many are wasted space: just how many photographs of jack Vettriano’s palette do we really need? How many close ups of his ‘fag ends’ is the reader interested in? Is anyone really interestedin a close up of Jack Vettriano’s paint-spattered shirt?
Considering the fact that this is primarily an art book dedicated to one of Britain’s leading modern-day painters, it is disappointing to find only twenty-nine reproductions of his paintings and, of those, only about three are new. On this level, therefore, the book disappoints. If you are a died-in-the-wool Vettriano aficionados then you may be able to overlook the books shortcomings. If, as are many, you are looking for a book of Vettriano’s paintings then you will be certainly disappointed. If, attracted by the sub title: ‘Studio Life’, you think you are going to have a feast of pictures showing Jack Vettriano’s working methods then you too will be sadly disappointed. If you are new to Vettriano & have nothing else, then this may well whet your appetite.
