Andrew Fowler

  Born in 1970 to British military parents stationed in Germany.I am currently living and working as a painter in Doncaster,South Yorkshire after many years of long night shifts in a mundane job.Being primarily self taught and spending virtually all of my spare time drawing and painting has resulted in me finding my own recognisable style or fingerprint as an artist.

  My more recent work is a result of painting without,or with very little,in the way of props.It was a challenge to see how painting shapes and lines could trigger an idea and develop into a painting without any initial intention to create a pre-planned narrative.

  Some of the challenges I always face are lighting,tonal contast and colour balance which is judged not by an object I am studying but by constantly making decisions on the piece I am working on in a less limiting way,which forces me to be more free in my use of colour,form and tone which can be sometimes wildy exaggerated and surreal.Sometimes a narrative or subject evolves subconsciously I am sure....This is why I enjoy the freedom of painting like this and perhaps it says a little more about me as an artist or as a person than if I persisted with a more traditional approach.