John Houston RSA 1930-2008

John Houston RSA’s interest in Japan grew over the 1970s and 80s. He was inspired to start collecting Japanese art and objects , as was his wife, the artist Elizabeth Blackadder RSA , and c hoice collected artefacts appear in both artists’ paintings from this period. Houston and Blackadder worked as lecturers at Edinburgh College of Art, and the long university holidays enabled the couple to travel far afield . They made their first visit to Japan in 1985, and the country had an indelible impact on both artists ’...