Andy Sylvester Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
As a studio-based painter I rely on photographic images. These are often those found on social media or then internet. As a gay man I am also interested in exploring the multiplicity of images and ideals we are presented with and redefining the idea of masculinity. My work explores narrative, colour, line, composition, and mark-making to evoke an emotion or develop the narrative within an image.
My artistic practise principally explores portraiture. I use found images form social media or the internet to make works that resonate with ideas of what nit is to be queer within contemporary culture. As a gay man I am also interested in exploring the multiplicity of images and ideals we are presented with and redefining the idea of masculinity. My work explores narrative, colour, line, composition, and mark-making to evoke an emotion or develop the narrative within an image. My working process can involve sourcing images and printing these to work from. This creates chance happenings to the colour through the printing process. I work in acrylic paint building images over a period, returning again and again to a work making changes to colour and mark sometimes destroying an image through sanding back to start again until I find the essence of an image.
Artwork
The Chanteuse, Acrylic on card, 2026, 200
Beefcake VIII, Acrylic on panel, 2026, 250
Ephraim, turning away, Acrylic on panel, 2025, 500
Beefcake IX - the shower, Acrylic on panel, 2026, 250
Kyle with the fabulous eyes, Soft pastel on paper, 2026, 450
Fur hat and no knickers, Acrylic on panel, 2025, 475
Timothy, upshot, Acrylic on panel, 2024, 300
Homage to Tom - Sailor and Leatherman, Acrylic on panel, 2024, 250
Reclining nude, Acrylic on panel, 2023, 400
The Mirror and the light II, Acrylic on panel, 2021, 250
Head study, Acrylic on panel, 2026, 200
Gogo boy XII, Acrylic on panel, 2026, 300
On the podium, Acrylic on panel, 2025, 375
The DJ, Acrylic on panel, 2025, 400
Boylesque clown, Soft pastel and acrylic on paper, 2025, 500
Kyle against pink, Acrylic on board, 2023, 200
Kyle with the fabulous eyes IV, Acrylic on panel, 2021, 250
Club light I, Acrylic on panel, 2022, 250
Dr Kaiser II, Acrylic on panel, 2022, 300
Self portrait - study, Acrylic on card, 2025, 75
I just want to go out and play, Acrylic on panel, 2024, 450
Self portrait in dramatic light, looking hip, Acrylic on board, 2021, 500
Self portrait in dramatic light, Acrylic on board, 2021, 250
Self portrait with raised eyebrow, Acrylic on board, 2021, 250
Kyle with the Fabulous eyes XIV, Acrylic on panel, 2021, 150
Rik in a vest , Acrylic on panel, 2023, 500
Classical nude, Acrylic on board, 2025, 300
Johnny astride a chair II, Acrylic on panel, 2025, 400
Head study from a fashion photograph, Acrylic on panel, 2025, £300
Chris Wears the Crown, Acrylic on board, 2023, 250
Martijn looking down, Acrylic on panel, 2022, 500
Cigar Daddy, Acrylic on panel, 2023, N?A
Self portrait in dramatic light, Acrylic on board, 2021, 700
The Floral Shirt, Acrylic on panel, 2022, 600
Kyle against Pink, Acrylic on birch panel, 2022, 600
Chris 'Cadet' Kelley, Acrylic on panel, 2022, 600