Telling Tales
What you imagine might just have happened, or what you think is about to happen is just as important as what is actually happening in the paintings and drawings of Andrew Christopher.

A strong narrative is an important element to the pictures he makes.  He explains that “they are all small parts of a much larger story, however they are not scenes from a story that I have already written; they are scenes from stories that are still yet to be told.”

Andrew Christopher’s second exhibition at Gallery 150 is a documentation of the artistic process.  “Sometimes I have an idea that I just can’t explain at that time because it doesn’t make sense in relation to the work that I am currently making.” Christopher explains, “This exhibition is about the journey ideas can take and how, over time, they adopt elements from other ideas slowly metamorphosing into the pictures that I am making today.”

At the start of this year Christopher began working in pen and ink on paper.  This came about as a result of having begun writing a graphic novel with a friend and fellow artist that will be finished at the end of this year.  Christopher comments.  “We decided early on that the majority of our story should be told in black and white, pen and ink seemed the best option. This experimentation with a new medium has found its way into Andrew’s current work, which draws its inspiration from folk stories and fairytales.

Christopher’s latest exhibition ‘Telling Tales’ is made up of over twenty pictures, their dates of creation span a four year period bringing us right up to date with his very latest work.  It is an exploration of how a creative mind works and as Andrew says “I think the greatest challenge for any artist is to try to control their mind and stop it wandering like a lost dog.”