Keith Andrew

(portrait of Keith Andrew by the late Sir Kyffin Williams )
"In 1975 I saw a small exhibition in Blackheath, London which planted the seed of my inspiration, and it is still growing.
It was an exhibition of eighteenth century watercolours including works by Samuel Palmer, David Cox, Turner and particularly John Varley. The show made a lasting impression on me.
From that moment I studied their eighteenth century technique and formulated my contemporary vision.
Later that year I moved to Wales bringing with me expectations of the mountains and landscapes formed by these artists. Unlike them I stayed."

An extract from an Introduction to a one man show held at Oriel Ynys Mon written by the late Sir Kyffin Williams OBE, RA .

"Most landscape painters have created their best work in their native land but many left their homeland to find artistic satisfaction far from where they were born. Claude Loraine like many other painters from the north was so moved by the classical warmth of Italy that he spent his life in the countryside around Rome. Richard Wilson discovered he was a true landscape painter in Italy as did the watercolourist John Robert Cozens. Richard Parkes Bonnington owed more to Northern France than...

Keith Andrew RCA (Royal Cambrian Academy) was born in London in 1947 and studied at Beckenham School of Art and Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, Bromley, Kent . He worked in London as a graphic artist for eight years before turning to painting full time in 1975. This coincided with moving to Anglesey, North Wales.
EXHIBITIONS INCLUDE:
1979 Through Artists Eyes, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno [group]
1981 Royal Academy Summer Exhibtion [group]
1981 Oriel Cardiff, Welsh Arts Council Gallery [group]
1981 Elected Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy
1982 Bangor Art Gallery [group]
1982 Aberyswyth Art Centre [solo]
1982 National Eisteddfod, Swansea [group]
1982 Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead [solo]
1983 National Eisteddfod, Llangefni [group]
1983/4/6 Tegfryn Gallery, Menai Bridge [solo]
1984 University College of Wales, Swansea [solo]
1984 Prize winner Mid Wales Open
1985 Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours [group]
1987 Prints from Wales, Wenniger Graphics, Boston, USA
1987 Cadw, Welsh Historic Monuments, print commission
1988 The Welsh Landscape, Oriel 31, Welshpool [group]
1988 Artists in the National Parks,Victoria & Albert Museum,London
1990 National Museum of W...

Keith Andrew solo show:- A Traditional View - Romantic Visions of Wales, St Davids Hall Cardiff, February 17 - March 25, 2012

Keith Andrew Summer Exhibition
Paintings - Etchings - Prints
July 15th to August 17th, 2012
at the Leisure Centre, Rating Row, Beaumaris, Anglesey
opening times:-
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10 - 5, Wednesday &
Friday 10 - 2 and Saturday 11 - 4.

Arddangosfa Haf Keith Andrew
Paentiadau - Ysgythriadau - Printiau
Gorffennaf 15 i Awst 17, 2012
Yn y Ganolfan Hamdden, Rating Row, Biwmares, Ynys Môn
Amserau agor:
Dydd Llun, dydd Mawrth, dydd Iau 10 - 5, dydd Mercher a
Dydd Gwener 10 - 2 a dydd Sadwrn 11 - 4.