Gavin McDermott

Landscape and Portrait Artist

Paintings 2025

Some paintings and drawings from 2025 so far

And some quick sketches too…

Paintings 2024

Some goodies from 2024, having just realised it’s June already!

And yes, it’s the usual mix of quick sketches with waterbrush through to oil on canvas…

Paintings 2023

Some goodies from 2023

Actually, the charcoal (A2 paper), especially for ancient anthropologist was very interesting, not least because of the speed with which it’s possible to get something meaningful. I work fast with oil, but this is crazy-quick!

Paintings 2022

Once again, I’ve painted a lot of portraits on canvas paper (using oils), and these have been life size (or above), and alla prima (rather than patiently glazed). Of course, there are a couple of landscapes, too. Looking at just how many portraits I actually do, I’ve just renamed the site banner to say Landscape and Portrait Artist.

These are from 2022, too

Sometimes–okay, pretty much every day–I like to work even quicker, and just sketch in pen on paper, and add (water)colour with a water brush.

Paintings 2021

This was the year my portraiture took off, and coincided with a switch to oil paints, too. My home studio space proved invaluable during Covid-lockdown-itis in the UK

Somewhere along the way, I sort of internalised Peter Keegan’s “Don’t attempt to paint people you know” as permission to paint people I don’t know