Dundee artist’s mural features in smash-hit TV crime drama

A Dundee artist has had his work showcased in the smash-hit Netflix crime drama Narcos.

Angus Mcewan, a lecturer at Dundee and Angus College, was asked to design a mural for the gritty series about the drug trade in Latin America.

He confessed to being “stunned” when he saw his painting featured on the small screen.

“In the series, the camera pans the city and suddenly there’s this big mural of my painting. It looks really good – I was stunned.

“It’s nothing like the kind of work I normally do, but I did some sketches and they liked them.

“They wanted a football player from 1996, when the episode was set, so I did my research and did a watercolour.”

The image was digitally superimposed on to a building in post-production for the episode.

Mr Mcewan said he got the call because his brother, who lives in Los Angeles, knew someone in the Narcos production team.

He added: “The lesson I took from that is never say no, say ‘OK, I’ll try that’.”

Narcos ran for three seasons from 2015 to 2017. In 2015, it received two nominations at the Golden Globes.

Mr Mcewan will be exhibiting some of his work at the Smithy Gallery in Blanefield from this weekend.

A selection of his paintings will be on display alongside watercolours by Edinburgh artist Jenny Matthews during the Unity in Diversity exhibition launching on Sunday.

The lecturer, who is based at the college’s Gardyne campus and lives in Wormit, has won awards around the globe.

Angus Mcewan lectures at Dundee and Angus College.