Nael Hanna was born in 1959 in Nineva, Northern Iraq, of mixed culture - Iraqi, Greek and Syrian Christian Orthodox and spent much of his childhood studying and drawing animals, birds and people.
He studied Fine Art degree course at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, graduating with First Class Honours in 1989, Nael studied in Florence, before returning to Dundee and the rural Angus countryside where he made his home.
Today, Nael devotes his time fully to painting and continues to be inspired by his deep love of nature, and his fascination with the elements so dramatically displayed within the Scottish landscape and its coastlines.