The Scottish writer and painter Alasdair Gray is to be part of an art exhibition for the first time since suffering a serious accident last year.
Gray, author of Lanark and the painter of a number of murals and portraits, will be part of a joint exhibition with Joyce Gunn Cairns at the Sutton Gallery in Edinburgh.
The joint show opens this weekend at the gallery in Dundas Street, Edinburgh and continues to October 28.
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The work features a recent portrait of Ms Gunn Cairns by Gray, as well as "rare work" from the 1950s and 1960s as well as some "relatively recent" work.
The show also features a portrait of Alasdair Gray by Joyce Gunn Cairns, paintings, drawings and prints.
The Lanark author, 81, suffered a broken back and other injuries during the incident in which he tumbled into a basement at the property in the West End of Glasgow in June 2015.
After a period in hospital, Gray returned home and continues to write and create art.
Joyce Gunn Cairns trained in drawing and painting at Edinburgh College of Art.
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She has works in the permanent collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the City Art Centre, and works in other major collections including Balliol College, Oxford and Jesus College, Cambridge.
Gray's art work has been shown at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Talbot Rice Gallery and was included in the British Art Show in 2010.
He has also produced many public art works, including murals for Oran Mor, The Ubiquitous Chip and Hillhead Subway Station in Glasgow.
He published the novel Lanark in 1981, the first of nine novels and he has also published collections of poetry, short fiction and plays.
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The Sutton Gallery was established in 2012 by Reuben Sutton and Colin Herd.
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