Andrew’s Blog

I’ve thought about making my paintings very big like the Abstract expressionists, Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko. I love their work. Unlike theirs, my paintings are small. I think it’s right for [...]

I mentioned in my last blog that I would explore the changes in my work as I discover them for myself. I’m not sure that I’m yet able to do that but I’ll try. The image I included with the autumn [...]

Greetings to all of you. I haven’t written a blog in some time because I’ve been exploring new, and I hope you’ll discover, exciting things in my paintings. About seventy-five years ago Josef [...]

I have added a new gallery to my website. The circumstances in which we find ourselves, dictate this. You will understand once you visit the gallery. Before you do however please read this blog [...]

This is my first blog of the New Year, so I’ll begin by wishing you a happy and fruitful 2024. My work has not been going well. I’m probably having the same thing one reads about for writers: [...]

It’s unusual for me to send out blog posts as frequently as this. I’m sorry if I’m boring you but I couldn’t let things pass unsaid. I hope you will agree that this needs to be said now rather [...]

It’s unusual for me to send out blogs as frequently as this. I want to try to put down in writing something about the process of making the paintings I’m working on. At the same time I will [...]

It has been a long time since I wrote a post.  The main reason is that I have been primarily concentrating on making paintings. I find more and more that I want to use words less and less. They [...]

I’m not sure about why I am showing you one of my equestrian paintings. I can only think that it has something to do with going to the Cezanne exhibition at the Tate Modern a few days ago. There [...]

I will try to clarify why I make these paintings. I write this as much for myself as for all those who ask me what my paintings are about. Perhaps I have written about it before, but it helps in [...]