Utilizing never-before-seen archival footage interwoven with present-day footage, the film provides an intimate portrait of Irvine’s artistic endeavors as he recounts historical moments during the twentieth-century, including World War II Scotland, the gritty, industrialized streets of Glasgow and the bohemian neighborhood of 1950s Soho London where Irvine rubbed shoulders with the likes of Francis Bacon, Paul Potts, and William Crozier, and where he came of age as an abstract painter.
