Her Majesty The Queen, Sir Alex Ferguson – and Kev McNaughton. OK, maybe the former Aberdeen, Cardiff City and Scotland star might be further down the list of artworks carried out by Royal painter Darren Baker.
But when the pair sat down for a chat and a coffee about their love of paintings, it sparked something in McNaughton. As a kid, he was always creative.
As well as football, art was his talent. At 37, having hung up his boots, he now has a paintbrush in his hand again. When a mate offered to buy one of his Al Pacino portraits, he wondered if he could make it more than a hobby.
And while McNaughton has ambitions to be a coach – he’s currently involved in the youth set-up at Dundee – being an artist might provide him with an