Autumn at Tavistock Canal Painting

Stu Anderson is a professional Cornwall, UK based artist specialising in paintings and sketches of travels and observing life. He trained at South Devon College Art School under renown Cornish abstract artist John Chambers. He lived in the North East in Newcastle Upon Tyne for 20 years, before moving back to the Tamar Valley in Cornwall in the UK. Professionally he has worked across many industries including theatre, entertainment, music and economic development. He worked as a ‘Bouncer’ in nightclubs and pubs for a number of years to make ends meet as a student. This included many happy years in the live music industry as local and road crew. These ‘good times’ inspire much of the work- nightlife, having a beer, travelling…. His interests lie in Impressionism, Expressionism and working quickly, with much of the work looking based on ethnographic study of nightlife. Equally, a love of the sea and dramatic landscape naturally comes from living in Cornwall. Much of the work is ‘impasto’ in oil on canvas of landscapes and seascapes of Devon and Cornwall. He has undertaken numerous trips to Europe and the USA to sketch, draw and paint.