Author Archives: Andrew Sharp Author

I often find myself staring at my art, mostly appreciating what I have done or suddenly noticing a small detail that I’d previously missed in different lighting. So I decided to have a picture that stared back – watching. Acrylic on canvas 76x101x2cm approx. Finished 2021.

So maybe it’s my story imagination at play here but I see six cocoons waiting to hatch? Acrylic on canvas 102x76x2cm approx. Finished 2021.

To me there is an elegant woman at the centre of this piece – or maybe I’m just imagining there is. Acrylic on canvas 80x60x2cm approx. Finished 2021.

Darkness a way of life, feeling and fumbling around In the sky occasional pin pricks of light, but I’m on the ground Many roads can be found, many junctions abound I travel with a vengeance, not knowing where I’m bound Fellow travellers on my path, some silly buggers going the wrong way No one understandsContinue reading “A Poem – Darkness A Way of Life”

Ok, so I’m very brave or stupid if I say that I’m a man that understands women! However, on reflection every woman I have known and met has been different; not one the same! The painting is the images of a thousand diverse women’s faces each overlaid on the other with a vast variety ofContinue reading “Understanding a Woman – the story is below the image.”

Around this time I had seen a few programs and articles on global warming and the plight of several iconic animals – not unusual these days as such stories are everywhere now and gaining momentum. This inspired me to do a few related paintings and Eruption is one of them. Possibly not directly linked toContinue reading “Eruption – the story is below the image.”