Andrew Curtis - Contemporary Artist

Here you'll find a collection of art by Andrew Curtis, contemporary artist from Guildford, UK, including paintings, watercolours and limited edition prints from his travels around the world.

"Much of my work is inspired by my travels and the places I have seen.

"It is rooted in observation but when attempting to capture what Alexander Pope called the “genius of the place”, mere topographical verisimilitude is not enough. Abstraction is a means by which one can produce work that gets underneath the surface of a subject.

"If I have time I will sit down with an easel and paint a conventional oil study. I also always travel with a sketchbook in which I record what I see and make notes of my impressions of a place. Back in the studio, work begins in “translating” the gathered impressions.

"The outcome of each work is never clear until it is finished, as I believe the best work has to surprise one and paintings evolve naturally over time."