A Visionary Etcher Bridging Scottish Tradition and Global Exploration James McBey was a master of the line and light, an artist whose life story is as much a narrative of self-invention as the evocative landscapes he captured on copper plates and canvas. Born in 1883 in Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, McBey’s journey from a humble clerk in a local bank to one of Scotland’s most celebrated printmakers is nothing short of extraordinary. Lackin…