So long, Jack We hear the sad news that painter Jack Vettriano has died at the age of 73. I never had the pleasure of meeting him but by all accounts he was a gent – a gem of man who was generous with his time and wore his fame lightly. And that fame was considerable, relying for its reach not on the rarefied tastes of the art world’s gatekeepers but on those who simply loved the skill, wit and mystery of his exquisite image-making.