Dermot Gallagher

Classic Car Art Drawings

One of the few things that speeds up as one gets older is time. Revisiting Automobile Artists once again was a revelation. The first surprise was that I hadn’t visited the website for a few years. It seemed like a few months….whoops. The reasons are many and varied, too busy with other stuff will do for the moment, but there was the old pic…[Read more]

The Sunbeam Talbot pics

The Sunbeam-Talbot 90 that was launched in 1948 was a very distinctive car. I thought it would be a worthy addition for illustrating but soon discovered there were four to choose from. The original Mk1 had spats over the rear wheels which didn’t attract me that much and obviously others thought the same as they were soon discarded on later g…[Read more]

Maybe I could share a story about a recent commission that I completed in December last year. A print of one of the drawings that I did many years ago was seen by the proud owner of a 1934 Alvis Firefly whilst he was browsing my online shop.
The Alvis in my artwork was almost identical to his car, but to make the purchase really special, a few…[Read more]