Andrew Ritcheson (U.K)

Although there are many faces to my work, it is unified by a fundamental concern with the communication, expression and arrangement, even mastery of emotions, for which canvas and paper provide the support, and paints, ink and other materials the medium. Life experiences, others and mine, help to move the brush.

I paint first with my eyes and my feelings. I then paint with my mind to bring order to the work. In this way, each painting undergoes a transition from a capricious, unfettered and carefree childhood, to a more mature, reflective, and aware adulthood. Unlike real life, the two ages can coexist on the same surface. Many works result from considerable reworking and layering of earlier paintings, and thus provide not only great depth and substance, but also a sense of heredity.

My work as a professional psychologist, my life in London, my memories, hopes and regrets are a few of the sources on which I draw for inspiration and energy. In the fairly borderless and amorphous world in which I find myself, it is in the confines of the canvas that I choose to contain, explore and understand my own feelings, and those of other people.

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