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Landscape Art and Portraiture

Behind The Mask Exhibition

This Storm Will Pass

Painted at a time of Global Crisis, Andrew created this in the hope that it would encourage his colleagues in the NHS who care for those affected by the Coronavirus Pandemic, often under very difficult circumstances. Painted on a discarded hospital notice board, particular emphasis is placed on the Nightingale Hospital (BCH) as it towers like a beacon of hope above the Belfast skyline. The Rainbow (a symbol of promise) was included to remind colleagues on the frontline of the battle that the storm will soon be over.

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The Story

Born in Belfast, 1961, Andrew’s interest in fine art developed early in his life watching his father, the respected Irish artist, George K. Gillespie (1924-1995).
Andrew's impressionistic style is also greatly influenced by artists such as Trevor Chamberlain and Edward Seago, in addition to notable Irish artists Frank McKelvey, and J.H.Craig.
Mainly through the medium of oils, Andrew’s work could best be described as bringing a more contemporary interpretation to an impressionistic style. With its emphasis on colour and tone, his work embraces characteristic themes of coastal scenes and Irish landscapes which always convey a sense of light and energy. The Causeway Coast would be his first love, closely followed by Donegal's wild Atlantic Way and more locally, the wonderful Strangford Penninsula.
He is particularly interested in capturing the remarkable tones that Nature brings at Sunrise and Sunset.

More recently the Covid pandemic prompted Andrew (a nurse for almost 40 years) to move to portraiture as he wanted to acknowledge the great contribution his colleagues in the Nightingale hospital BCH had made during the years of global crisis