Watercolour Paintings from the Scottish Wild

Landscapes painted
where they're found.

Original watercolours and fine art prints, made on the road in a campervan — from Highland lochs to windswept coastlines, and the wildlife in between.

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The artist with North, his wolfdog, at home

About the Artist

A lost wanderer, brush in hand.

A few years ago I was a sensible-ish businessman who'd never painted in his life. A rough patch with my health changed that math pretty quickly — I picked up a brush somewhere in the middle of it, and never really put it back down. These days it's watercolours, a campervan, and however much of Scotland I can reach in a day.

I paint the places I actually stand in — parked up somewhere quiet, watching the light change over a loch or a rocky shoreline before it's gone. Most of what ends up on paper finds me rather than the other way round: a hare in the dunes, wildflowers nobody else stopped for, the dogs who come everywhere with me. Scotland rarely repeats itself twice, and that's the whole appeal.

Thanks for stopping by — have a proper look through the gallery below.

On the Road

Where the Paintings Come From

Every painting starts with sitting still somewhere long enough to actually look. Here's a bit of the life that surrounds the work — straight from the road, not staged for a website.

Sunset over a Scottish loch, seen from the campervan
A regular kind of evening, somewhere on the west coast.
The artist beside the hand-painted 'A Lost Wanderer' lettering on his campervan
Hand-lettering the van — "A Lost Wanderer" seemed about right.
The artist out hiking in the Scottish mountains
Wherever the road stops, the legs take over.
Portrait of the artist
Same bloke, considerably less painting-splattered here.

Watch Him Paint

Sat painting in the Highlands, bagpipes somewhere in the distance.
Watercolours drying on the picnic table, second-in-command keeping watch.
Where the studio actually happens — a fold-out desk in the back of the van.
Most days start like this.

Own a Piece

Prints & Originals

A watercolour painting of two figures walking, framed and hung above a sofa
Framed and hung — giving you an idea of how a print sits on a wall.

Original Paintings

One-off watercolours, each painted on location — no two the same. Get in touch about a specific piece from the gallery, or to commission something from a place that means something to you.

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Fine Art Prints

Giclée prints of favourite paintings, true to the original colour and texture. Printed to order on archival watercolour paper.

£25
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Cards & Small Prints

Postcards and small mounted prints — an easy way to take a bit of Scotland home, or to send to someone who'd like it.

£4
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Get in Touch

Commissions, prints & questions welcome.

The quickest way to reach me is email, or a message over on Instagram — I post most new paintings there first.

@a_lost_wanderer_art