THE WEY GALLERY |  Andrew Roberts

Andrew Roberts was born in Somerset in 1973. Having health difficulties from birth drawing and painting was seen as a therapeutic tool only, but it actually revealed some latent ability. A life and career path was therefore cemented well before going to Brighton to study Fine Art at Masters’ level. Andrew is now based in West Sussex and painting from a studio in his garden. Describing himself as a modern day impressionist and a romantic painter by nature, he observes the close at hand world of urban settings and draws on the influences of film and photography. Painting in Oils and searching out narratives that naturally occur in the small interactions between people within every-day moments. Locating shared views of shared experiences in shared spaces. The dramatic light that plays on the many surfaces and can engulf the people in the scene brings playfulness to these images of normalcy and carries them into a remarkable state. They transcend the everyday to a place of memory and nostalgia. As in a dream there is a gentle atmosphere; places become as a half remembered memory of happy times. “In my work I like to use the transformative qualities of sunlight, particularly when it challenges established views of what is beautiful. I strive to find the universal themes in life and am interested in the shared experiences of unconnected people. My work is figurative and suggestive but what I am striving for is that looseness of description which paint can do so well. Painting is a challenge and working on location from life establishes the feel of the painting which, with luck allows it to keep its freshness and movement”. Andrew has exhibited within Europe and across the UK. He exhibits regularly in the south east of the country and is held in private collections throughout the UK, Canada and Scotland. Previous shows and Exhibitions 2011-Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition 2011-RA Summer Exhibition 2011-'UrbanThemes' Wills art 2011-Brompton Hospital, 8 works 2011-AAF Battersea 2011-RBA, annual Mall Galleries 2011-INTERIORS, Wills Art