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  • Andrew Hood

Andrew Hood originally started his career as a graphic designer and illustrator, but has worked as a professional artist for several years now predominately as a landscape and figurative painter, taking inspiration from trips abroad and the coastline of Scotland and Cornwall. His work captures the vibrancy, sights, sounds and movement of each place. The paintings are largely based on beautiful sketch books crammed full of visual recordings.

Recently he has been working on a series of paintings based on trips he made earlier this year including his first visit to Sicily and a border to border trip across the south of France. On these trips he began to use watercolours in addition to sketching to make notes on the places he visited recording his memories and the ambience of each place.

2011 was a busy year for the artist and saw several commissions including a work for Ernest & Young measuring 2m x 1.5m for the foyer of its new offices as well as a series of drawings. Andrew has also exhibited widely at European Art Fairs this year including Edinburgh Art Fair and the Amsterdam Affordable Art Fair. Early 2012 will begin with exhibiting at Innocent Fine Art in Bristol which will feature his most recent paintings as well as new paintings of Bristol incorporating unusual viewpoints.

More information about Andrew, his work and upcoming shows can be found at www.andrewhoodgallery.com

Artist Exhibitions and Events

Abigail McDougall

  • Coldharbour Gallery, Bristol
  • 1st December 2011 - Onwards

A new selection of watercolours and prints by painter Abigail McDougall are on show here as part of a regular partnership with the gallery.

What Kind of Real?

  • Albemarle Gallery, London
  • 2nd December 2011 - 28th January 2012

Painter Philip Munoz exhibits five spectacular paintings as part of this group show of renowned hyperrealists.

The Distance

  • Casa Carnacini, Buenos Airies
  • 5th - 24th January 2012

Curated by new member Romina Berenice Canet, the show includes 11 illustrators from Drawn in Bristol and 11 Argentine artists and illustrators who will be showing their interpretation of ‘distance’ using various media on paper. The show will be crossing over to this side of the Atlantic Ocean in early 2012.

Featuring Alejandro Agdamus, Dave Bain, Leo Antolini, Andrea Balogh, Daniela Bogado, Alex Bertram-Powell,Bruno Busnelli, Katy Christianson, Romina Berenice Canet, Martha Ford, Florencia Delboy, Natalie Hughes, Maria Julia Goyena, Jess of The Lions, Ivanke and Lola, Jenny MacKendrick, Juan Lado, Kyle Smart, Carlos Leiro, SPZero76, Lorena Ruiz and Sally Haysom.

Amalgamation

  • View Gallery, Bristol
  • 12th January - February 2012

Mr Mead will be showing work alongside four other artists including a 7ft tall dip pen beast.

The London Art Fair

  • London
  • 18th - 22nd January 2012

Painter and illustrator Dan Parry-Jones will be exhibiting several works examining the theme of children and play with Edgar Modern at The London Art Fair. Painter Anthony Garratt will be exhibiting new pieces with Thackery Gallery as a prelude to his solo show later this year.

Group Show

  • Innocent Fine Art, Bristol
  • January 2012 (Dates TBC)

Innocent Fine Art in Clifton will be reopening in the middle of January after extensive renovation work on the building. Opening with a group exhibition including painters Anthony Garratt, Rose Sanderson and Abigail Reed alongside a permanent selection of work from the School of Paris including works on paper by Picasso, Miro, and Chagall, this is a great selection of old and new.

Jamaica Street Artists

are committed to developing a creative and diverse exhibitions programme, showcasing the collective talent of the artists within the studio.

The studio holds an annual Open Studio, spanning three days, opening up the iconic building to the public and culminating in a popular mini-canvas auction. JSA’s history of organising and curating critically acclaimed exhibitions can be traced back to international art festival Retox in 2003 and now includes the successful JSA and Friends Exhibition and Auction, City of Bristol Art Gallery and Museum, 2009, three-part evolving illustration showcase Red, Yellow, Blue, St George’s, Bristol, 2010-2011 and The Art Box, Bristol, 2010, a pop-up shop and gallery for Christmas.

If you would like to discuss future exhibition ideas or proposals with JSA please contact www.jamaicastreetstudios@yahoo.co.uk

  • Mr Mead - View Gallery, Bristol
  • Dan Parry-Jones - London Art Fair
  • Ant Garratt - Innocent Fine Art, Bristol