Andrew Burns Colwill

His works offer a skilled and sometimes shocking reflection of us and our modern society. Executed in a classical motif with a refined palate and delicate brush strokes these works cast a mirror on our own lives.

If ever an artist had a story to tell Andrew Burns Colwill’s life would fill 10,000 pages, now he’s finally had time to reflect on what has been a successful but troubling life as an artist.

On the surface his subject matters have been executed with a raw precision not often seen due to the technical nature of painting directly onto the artists preferred medium of untreated canvas. In the early days this technique was thrust upon him, unable to afford the materials that the majority of other painters were using.

Andrew skilfully developed his technique, utilising materials such as curtain lining that he stretched over hand made frames and household paints which have now become his preferred tools. Unbeknown to the artist his technique ‘soak stain’ showcased by artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Jackson Pollok & Morris Louis had it’s feet firmly embedded in the world of Abstract paintings, Andrew has unwittingly taken this generally imprecise technique and turned it on it’s head creating contrast layers of subtle composition with skilfully fine detailed work.

The Art

Arctic Scream

Acrylic on raw canvas.

84 x 122 x 5 cms £3300

Hordes of people stand back in the distance as a mother screams holding her child above the warm and polluted waters below.
Polar Refugee

Acrylic on raw canvas.

108 x 60 x 5 cms.£1750

A mother and cubs float through the northern sea’s, vacant of icebergs and broken ice flows the three refugee’s take advantage of our discarded waste.
Head to Head 1

Acrylic on raw canvas

60 x 91 x 5cms £2100

I believe the animal inside all of us holds a strong natural instinct to survive, a little red devil you might say, this instinct gives us an in-bred fear of anything a little different, the cause of many a problem today.
Digging for Gold pt1

Acrylic on raw canvas.

82 x 122 x 5cms

£1680 or £3000 for the pair.

Sometimes digging for what you believe you want can be a very mucky business.
Digging for Gold pt2

Acrylic on raw canvas.

82 x 122 x 5cms

£1680 or £3000 for the pair.

Sometimes digging for what you believe you want can be a very mucky business.
What price our neighbours, The Leopard

Acrylic on recycled wood.

75 x 100 x 5cms £1800

A bar code visible on this beautiful creatures shoulder begs the question…what price our neighbours.
Industrial Herons

Acrylic on raw canvas

£1440 each or £2400 the pair.

82 x 122 x 5cms

If you look deep enough into our Industries and sciences you will inevitably find nature has got there first.
Heron on scrap

Acrylic on raw canvas

£1440 each or £2400 the pair.

82 x 122 x 5cms

If you look deep enough into our Industries and sciences you will inevitably find nature has got there first.
The Soldier and the Baby

Acrylic on raw canvas.

78 x 122 x 5 cm £1450

One of the prices of a full blown confrontation.
Spare parts

Acrylic on raw canvas.

84 x 123 x 5 cms £2100

How long before we are growing our own designer body parts.
Test Tube Baby

Acrylic on raw canvas.

75 x 122 x 5cms £2100

How long before designer babies are available to all of us, not long me thinks.
Visible Flesh

Acrylic on raw canvas.

81 x 123 x 5 cms. £2100

Lust, Pain, Emotion and pleasure all wrapped up in one stretched and lumpy wonderfulness.
Butterfly on a chain

Acrylic on raw canvas.

122 x 81 x 5cms £2880

The variety of objects produced from a few basic elements whether natural or manmade never ceases to amaze me.
Lockdown

Acrylic on raw canvas.

60 x 90 x 3 cms £2100

As the space becomes smaller and smaller the air gets thinner and thinner, submerged with only my thoughts, ‘Lockdown’ offered me an insight into who we really are.