Ronald Forbes

A Blind Man's Dreams

The Paintings and Films of Ronald Forbes 

by Tom Normand

This new fully-illustrated publication offers a pictorial journey through Ronald Forbes' paintings and films, and an insightful analysis of the work by the art historian Dr Tom Normand HRSA. 

Ronald Forbes RSA is a painter and film-maker. He has had more than forty solo exhibitions and two and three person shows in venues such as the Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, Project Art Centre, Dublin, Drian Galleries, London, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Sonia Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Galerie Trace, Maastricht, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart and the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh.

Tom Normand HRSA is an art historian specialising in British, and especially Scottish art, photography, and culture. He has published a number of books relating to the Academy and to Academicians. These include the edited catalogue Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art 1540 to Now, Edinburgh, 2017, and, Portfolio: Treasures from the Diploma Collection at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 2012.