Portland Gallery began representing Vettriano in 1994 and held over ten exhibitions for the artist. Whilst the collaboration over the years was very successful, it was decided in 2007 that they should part company.
Vettriano has only spoken once about the split in an interview for The Times, in which he says:
“We had 15 great years together..While I think that we both took a huge amount out of it in terms of putting each other on the map, we both felt it was time for a change.”
Since parting with Portland Gallery, Vettriano has been focusing on private projects and collaborations such as the portrait of Zara Phililps for Sport Relief. Details of the other projects that Vettriano is working on currently will be udpated onto this website nearer the time of the scheduled events.