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ANDREW MACARA is a Derby based painter whose accomplished a work has a wide and ever-increasing following. Many of his paintings in oils reflect his worldwide travels, but a substantial number of his works depict scenes and locations in Derbyshire.
He was born in Ashborne on 4 April 1944. Although he had some tuition through evening classes at Derby College of Art he is largely self-taught. He enjoyed a brief spell at Leonard Fuller's St. Ives School of Painting in Cornwall, which proved a formative experience in developing a distinctive style, in which bright colours often feature both in sunlight and in contrasting shade.
'Andrew Macara's work is deservedly popular for he touches the everyday joy of life. His paintings celebrate life and show us a new way of seeing, this quality is that which underlies all true art.’
Ken Howard, RA
Past and forthcoming one man exhibitions:
'91,'94,'96,'98,'00,'03,’05, ‘08 New Academy Gallery, 34 Windmill Street, London
'91,'96,'99,'02 Fosse Gallery, The Square, Stow-on-the-Wold
'92,'95,'97,'01,'04, 07 Contemporary Fine Art, 31 High Street, Eton
'98,'03 St John Street Gallery, Ashbourne, Derbys
'99 Thomson's Gallery, 18 Dover Street, London
'92 Derby Museum and Art Gallery
'94 Lucy Simmonds Fine Paintings, 'Leading British
Artist', City Hall, Hong Kong
‘05 ,06 Tregoning Gallery, 4 Queen Street, Derby
Mixed Exhibitions
Royal Academy of Arts, Piccadilly, London.
W H Pattersons, 19 Albemarle Street, London - New English Art Club mixed exhibitions
Red Rag Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold
International Art Fair, Olympia, 20th Century Art Fair
Bath Contemporary Art Fair
Selected Commissions
Derby Chamber of Commerce - Royal Opening, Derby Assembly Rooms
St John's Ambulance Commissioning Service at Derby Cathedral
Scott Bader Company, paintings of Laboratories, Northampton
Sir Anthony &Lady Bamford, paintings of Heron Bay, Barbados
New Parliamentary Building, Westminster - six paintings of the
Party Conference towns
Emscote Lawn, Warwick - painting of the School
Hilton Hotel Group - painting for Headquarters
Awards selected by:
Anish Kapoor,Nottingham Open
Bernard Dunstan RA, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Sir Huw Weldon, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Brian Sewell, Art Critic Giles Auty, Art Critic
Lord Palumbo’s choice at Discerning Eye Exhibition
Michael Harding prize, RBA, 2007
Collections- Derby Museum & Art Gallery/Museum of Wales/Duke of Devonshire.
