"Empty Chairs" is McGilvray's seventh published volume of poetry and the fifth to feature great works of art and photography. He called "Empty Chairs" his best collection of work to date. Artists included are his granddaughter Jenna Planck, Jan Cossiers, Charles Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll, Pablo Picasso, Washington Allston, Caravaggio, Edvard Munch, Antonio Canova, John Singer Sargent, Henri Matisse, Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Barry Moser, John William Waterhouse, Igor Babailov, Joseph Crawhall, Michelangelo, Dante Gabriel, Claude Monet, Eugene Delacroix, Rembrandt, John James Audubon and McGilvray's own photography. His poetry has been called both thought-provoking and poignant. McGilvray is also the author of "Secrets, Scrawls and Strays - And Other Virgin Verses" and "Thistle Diaries" - Flùr na h-Alba" (Flower Of Scotland) a nod to his Scottish ancestry. His third publication, "Fine Art" also features McGilvray's poetry and classic fine works of art. Last year he published his fourth, fifth and sixth volumes of poetry "Frayed", "Brick & Mortar" and "The Light Within". They have all been very well received. Ron has also enjoyed a loyal following and worldwide audience of readers in his online projects "Thistle Diaries" and "Secrets, Scrawls and Strays".