In 1996, in conjunction with Peacock Printmakers of Aberdeen, Howard produced a series of prints titles Heretical Diagrams, and Bruno Consigned to the Flames relates to this series of works. Key to both the painting and Heretical Diagrams is the Neo-Platonist Giordano Bruno, who was burned in 1600 for heresies that included the defence of Copernicus. 

Ian Howard RSA, born 1952

Born in Aberdeen, Howard trained at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art, he has combined a successful academic career with painting, his work being influenced by aspects of the Italian Renaissance, notably the art of Piero della Francesca.