Curious, chaotic and quite astonishingly mind-blowing, Andy Warde’s paintings are an exploration of his musings on everyday life and the things around him. Drawing on subject matter that reflects the instinctual repetition of a day combined with multiple characters, ...

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Curious, chaotic and quite astonishingly mind-blowing, Andy Warde’s paintings are an exploration of his musings on everyday life and the things around him. Drawing on subject matter that reflects the instinctual repetition of a day combined with multiple characters, Warde’s work is a manifestation of the subconscious thoughts humans have day to day and how the average person operates to get through another day.

Warde’s paintings combine geometric shapes, buildings, people, animals, and even plants as an interpretation of himself to produce a gloriously surreal landscape of work.
“I am a self-taught American artist and so it makes sense that I paint about what I experience every day through an illusional type story frame,” Andy explains.
“There is a bit of my life and a bit of the world around me in every painting. I have had a lot of hard times and great times and want everyone to see both sides.
I’m always exploring the things we do, see and feel in society- that forms the basis of my work - but there are a few paintings that are more in touch with just one or two ideas – like fish!

“For this exhibition I have been practicing with an automatism style to try and fluidly release my subconscious thoughts and then capture in a more cubist style.

Characteristically critical and fussy over his work, Andy hopes people see what they want and need to see in his paintings. His relationship and exchange with each character, shape and brush stroke whilst creating each painting ensures his work as a deeply personal experience that Andy is happy to share with us all.

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