Alastair Michie: A Landscape of Memory and Emotion Born in St Omer, northern France, in 1921 – a location steeped in artistic heritage due to his mother’s lineage within the Redpath family of Scottish painters – Alastair Michie's life was one profoundly shaped by both familial legacy and a determined pursuit of individual expression. Initially following in his father’s footsteps as an architect, he received a scholarship to study at Edinburgh College of Art, a path briefly interrupted by service during World War II as a Royal Air Force pilot – a period that instilled within him a unique pers…