Ramsay Gibb was born in Ayrshire in 1965 and his early years were spent on the coast near Troon. He later moved to Lancashire and studied in Bolton and then at Brighton Art College. He has lived on the Sussex and Suffolk coasts. Remote shores, the sea and islands have inspired much of his work including Shetland, the Hebrides, Ireland, Finland, Northern Norway, The Lofoten Islands, The Faroes, Greenland and Russia. His interest in the historical dimension of the landscape of the British Isles led to extensive walking of Sacred Ways and Pilgrim routes between 2009-2014 for a series of exhibitions. He now lives in rural Lancashire.