Strong, energetic and sensitive mark making with expressionistic use of rich colour are the well known keynotes of Andie Clay’s contemporary style of painting and drawing. Vibrant chalk pastels work with and against inks, charcoals and water based paints in dynamic layers that are full of life and energy, whether they be large scale paintings or more intimate studies. Best known for her richly colourful, fluid paintings of land, sea and sky, Andie also enjoys working from human and animal forms, especially the horse. Themes with feminine origins: earth mother, fertility figures and mother and child are favoured subjects and feed back into the sensual landscape forms of the nearby Preseli Mountains.
