Jack Vettriano may be the most unpopular painter of the last 50 years – unless, that is, you measure popularity by what the general public thinks. “Vettriano is far and away Scotland’s most successful contemporary painter… But critics tend either to ignore Mr. Vettriano or to swat him lazily away with the backs of their cultured hands.” Is it pure elitism on the part of the critics, or is the public simply blind to such niceties as painting skill?