Andrea Shearing East Sussex, United Kingdom

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Since my training at Edinburgh College of Art I have been inspired by nature. My mission explores the emotional symbolism of my subject matter and seeks to distil the image to enhance this. I am a slow meditative painter. This process puts me in touch with the healing spirit I inherited from the medics in my family. I want to help people find an inner sense of peace and connection with nature.

My ambition is that my work can ease the wounds of living, through inducing calm and peaceful reflection. Finding the meaning and the link between the inner and the outer world is key to everything which inspires me. Without this there is nothing to communicate that will touch other people's spirit. I have found that interpreting nature is the best vehicle for me to achieve this. I'm inspired by the environment of the South Downs and local coastline where I live. As an artist my mission explores my inner journey using the emotional symbolism of my subject matter. My creative process is a see saw process between the inner and the outer world in the initial stages. The first stage of creating a painting is to focus on the real location then observing my subject matter in search of information to interpret. As the image evolves the observation of the real world becomes secondary to making the painted image advance on its own journey. I don't want to create precise images that look machine made. The see-sawing between the real and the imagination is the dynamo that drives the creative energy. The most important ingredient is to keep the visual senses stimulated, to keep contact with the initial idea, to allow an intuitive journey to evolve through the perception and translation of the real world. I'm passionate about working from nature. I am a slow meditative painter. This process puts me in touch with the healing spirit I inherited from the medics in my family. I want my work to help people find an inner sense of peace and connection with nature's energy. My ambition and hope is that my work can ease the wounds of living, through inducing calm and peaceful reflection. Finding the meaning and the link between the inner and the outer world is key to everything which inspires me. I exhibit in UK, Europe and USA. I won a solo exhibition in London a few years ago on the theme of H2O and have three exhibitions planned this year on the South Downs and our local coast in East Sussex.