British art: artist Andrew Macara at Red Rag Gallery

Andrew Macara is today’s featured British Artist at the Red Rag Gallery.

Andrew Macara was born in Derbyshire in 1944. He is a member of the New English Art Club along with fellow members David Cobley, Charles Hardaker, Ken Howard, Karolina Larusdottir and William Selby. His paintings also regularly feature at the Royal British Artists (RBA) London art exhibitions. Other Red Rag members of the RBA include: Stephen Brown and Steven Outram. Macara contemporary paintings are also regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art in their Summer Exhibitions.

Andrew Macara travels extensively gathering images for paintings from around the world. But his native Derbyshire continues to feature in many paintings. Elvaston Castle in the Derbyshire Peak District is the setting for today’s featured art work. This is a charming snow scene with children throwing snowballs at one another in front of a stand of trees lit by low winter sunlight. Another character perhaps the artist himself is seen in shadow in the foreground.

Andrew Macara’s subjects vary but his painting of snow scenes is distinctive because of his treatment of light and shade. Long blue-grey shadows capture a snow scene perfectly. He looks for colour and movement and manages to convey a sense of life in his paintings. ‘I believe in becoming involved and participating in the hustle and bustle of life. It is painting this visual experience that interests me’.

Paintings by Andrew Macara are available from Red Rag British Art Gallery together with Andrew Macara Limited Edition Prints .

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