Andy Waite

Works
Overview

" I largely spend my time in the necessary chaos of an artist's studio; paintings are made, loved, hated, discarded, refashioned, and loved again. It's often difficult to ascertain what's going on but I don't tend to over analyse; the process is both impulsive and compulsive, it's a practice I am wholly committed to and it is a privilege to be able to create for a living.

 

I find myself increasingly less interested in specific geography and more so in letting whatever comes naturally just arrive and be present, without too much planning. I feel that if I knew in advance what I was going to end up with, there'd be little point, in other words it's the journey that makes the result worthwhile.

 

With my latest work, apart from trying to lose horizons to some degree, there are a several paintings influenced by the format of Japanese scroll paintings which I've always loved, it's just a very satisfying shape.

 

So while I have one foot loosely in the landscape, specifically the South Downs, I also wander around my mind, searching for an imaginary and abstracted world of colour, light, and joyous exuberance, a place that perhaps I'll never entirely find, but one that I'm yearning to visit. I'm inventing it in the way I know how, every time trying to make the ultimate painting, but simultaneously hoping never to achieve it for fear of having nowhere left to go; imperfection will do nicely. " Andy Waite January 2024

Biography

Andy Waite's contemporary land and seascapes are essentially expressionistic in form and energy. They are a poetic celebration of the English sky and weather in all their elemental power and their abstracted quality offers an ongoing dialogue that slowly unfolds.

Although his paintings take inspiration from the Sussex countryside, his work embraces the freedom to explore an inner, symbolic landscape that reaches beyond pure geography. The dynamic play of light and darkness in nature is mirrored by the emotions driving the painting process, reflecting and re-imagining both the gentle and tumultuous landscapes of earth and soul.

 

Andy has been a practising artist for over 30 years and is widely collected both in this country and abroad. He is represented by several galleries across the UK and holds three open house exhibitions a year at his home and studio in Arundel, West Sussex.

He has published three books of images and accompanying poems, and one of poems and photographs. His work and home have been featured in Country Living, Vogue, Country Homes & Interiors and 25 Beautiful Homes.