Bet Low

[2] Born in Gourock, Bet Low grew up by the Clyde Estuary in poor circumstances, influenced by the stark contrast between Glasgow's industrial areas and the surrounding Scottish countryside.

With her family, she regularly visited Hoy in Orkney, where the light and landscape provided fresh inspiration for her work.

[5] Low's early figurative work was influenced by German Expressionism, and frequently depicted post-war Glasgow settings, characters, and refugees.

In some parts, everything is hidden by the depth or movement of water and merged together, and in other parts where the water is more shallow, the stones appear beneath the surface again and emerge into sight" [3]A friend and contemporary of the poet George Mackay Brown, Low collaborated with him on the poster poem, "Orkney, the Whale Islands" (1987).

[4] Low exhibited with The Society of Scottish Independent Artists, the Royal Glasgow Institute, and the New Art Club founded by J.D.