gavin young

Gavin Young graduated with a B.A. Hons. in Fine Art (Drawing and Painting) from Duncan of Jordanstone, University of Dundee. Renowned for his remarkable still life painting, Gavin has, for some time, experimented with the "camera obscura", a device which delights with its veracity to living reality. He turned to this device after a thyroid condition negatively affected his vision and steadiness, and, of course, his ability to paint. Experimenting with various lenses and mirrors, he has finally settled upon a configuration which encourages a harmonious balance of the colour tones in his subject whilst eschewing pain-staking detail. To quote the late Sir Lawrence Gowans comment on Vermeer's attraction to the camera obscura, "it must have enchanted the artist more and more". It is this enchantment that is motivating Gavin to pursue this challenging process of producing his art.