7th - 27th April 2011
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One of the recurring themes of Andrew's work has been iconic motifs, painted with distilled and almost abstract simplicity, as he explores the hinterland (the land behind) of human experience. Ironically, given the quiet contemplative quality of many of his paintings, Andrew's artistic development has always been a restless journey of exploration. Never an artist to rest on a successful formula, he has travelled widely in search of his raw material, finding on the way that whilst environmental conditions may vary radically, peoples fundamental needs and aspirations are pretty much universal.
The work in this exhibition represents two recent and apparently disparate stages of that exploratory journey.
The first has arisen from travels in remote parts of Tanzania - a thinly populated country whose landscape was changed irrevocably by its old colonial masters, now dominated by its mainly harsh climate, and notable for the difference between the tourist/outsiders backward-looking preconceptions and its own forward-looking aspirations.
The second has arisen from a satellite studio that Andrew has established in the West Highlands of Scotland - another thinly populated country whose landscape was changed irrevocably by its old colonial masters, now dominated by its mainly harsh climate, and notable for the difference between the tourist/outsiders backward-looking preconceptions and its own forward-looking aspirations.
Whilst the emotional & physical climate are very different in each place (although it can be very cold & wet in Tanzania too), which is reflected in the colours and textures in the respective paintings, the common starting point is a reflection on biodiversity and the precarious balance in which we all must live if we are to maintain a sustainable existence.
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