As the Referendum poll nears, the artistic and cultural voices in Scotland are still being sought out to comment on the vote, or reveal their intentions, and simply campaign.

There is an assumption in some quarters that "most artists" tend towards the Yes side of the poll, but, as with the general population, in my own experience (which is not scientific of course) the responses to questions about the vote are not uniform.

One leading artist I spoke to recently will vote No, for example, although is not talking in public about it.

One can still say, however, that with the tireless National Collective and voices such as David Greig, Alan Bissett, Irvine Welsh, Kieran Hurley, Alasdair Gray and many others the Yes side have the more vocal, articulate and - it would appear - dedicated voices on their side.

And more are to come, no doubt.

However, one artist recently spoke to me about the "great silence" of artists on the No side of the debate, with some degree of frustration.

And yesterday, there was a piece in the venerable Arts Newspaper, printed on their online site, which suggested that "scratch below the surface...it is far less clear that Scotland's artists are really more inclined towards independence. It might be that the "yes" camp is simply more vocal."

It quoted Callum Innes, the fine Scottish painter - part of the Generation show which is showcasing the strength of Scottish contemporary art - who is a No voter.

He says: "There's the feeling that if you come out against independence, you'll be exposed to vitriol.

"The 'no' vote sounds negative when actually it's not. Everybody has the right to choose how to vote. Independence is a state of mind."

Innes was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1995 and won the Jerwood Painting Prize in 2002.

The piece also quotes Lachlan Goudie, a Scottish artist in London (who cannot vote) as supporting the Union, and also says Glasgow-based David Shrigley, another Turner Prize nominee and also in the Generation show, is a 'No'.

Also a No (and not an artist) would be the ex BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland: he was quoted in the Big Issue (also online) saying that the proposed establishment of a Scottish Broadcasting Service would be "tragic" as it would involve dismantling the BBC as it is presently constructed.

He says: "The idea of breaking up the BBC is tragic. What would be disastrous would be a separate Scottish Broadcasting Corporation.

"In TV and in radio, it's a game of scale. If you look at how strapped RTE in the Republic of Ireland is for resources, and heavily dependent on imported material, then the idea that Scotland would go the same way would be tragic.

"And it would reduce Scotland's ability to contribute as it does to the BBC as a whole. And to export their programmes all over the world."

Tomorrow there will also be a 'No' event from the cultural angle of the debate.

Glasgow will be the venue for the premiere of Unity Suite, a new piece of music written specifically for the No campaign by composer Eddie McGuire, and will be played at the Adelaide Place Baptist Church at 7pm.