Artist: Andie Clay

Artist’s Statement

Andie Clay was born in Caterham, Surrey in 1954. She graduated from the London College of Printing in 1975.

Since moving from London to Wales in 1983 her work has developed a strong commitment towards painting the landscape. Living surrounded by the dramatic coastal and mountain areas of West Wales has had a profound influence on her.

The underlying structures, energy flows, and spirit of the place, together with interactions of light, season, and weather help to produce sensual images that refer directly to that which is felt. To keep the eye fresh and sharply in tune is a constant challenge.

The power and immediacy of drawing and mark-making are vitally important in the development of potent images. Paintings begun in ink are further developed in acrylic, watercolour and pastel, both in blocks of opaque colour and transparent layers.