In 1538 the abbot summoned Andrew Bairhum, an outstanding painter, . . .and retained him for three years at Kinloss. He painted three altar-pieces for the three chapels of Magdalene, John the Evangelist, and St Thomas of Canterbury.

Sub annum 1538 dominus abbas accivit sibi pictorem Andream Bairhum in arte sua egregium, sed hominem quidem tractatu difficilem et contentiosum, non minus animi impotentia laborantem quam corporis imbecillitate, ut qui utroque pede claudicaret. Eum tamen, quanta humanitate fieri potuit, toto triennio retinuit apud Kynlos, quo quidem tribus diversis tabulis pictura plane graphice depictis tria sacella in suo templo exornavit, viz., Magdalenes, Joannis Evangelistae et divi Thomae Cantuariensis.