ANDREW MACARA AT 80
Red Rag Gallery is delighted to celebrate Andrew Macara’s 80th birthday with a new exhibition of his latest oil paintings. 2024 also marks the anniversary of a 20-year-long collaboration between Andrew and Red Rag.
This new collection continues to showcase Andrew’s distinctive style. His unique ability to convey time and place, movement, and perspective through the capture of light, shade, shadow and reflection. ‘His pictures glow’ is how one critic describes the work, alongside a remarkable talent to ‘capture the essence of a subject’, with a few brief strokes.
Andrew Macara has always been an artist. He began in his early teens by copying Rembrandt and Caravaggio and took classes with Leonard Fuller at the St Ives School of Painting, though largely considers himself to be self-taught. He has exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, is an elected member of the prestigious New English Art Club and is listed at the Courtauld Institute. He has also won many art awards, including Brian Sewell’s Critic’s Choice, awards from the Royal Academy Exhibition, the Paris Salon and a coveted De Lazlo Medal.
An Andrew Macara painting takes time to produce. He travels extensively to gather inspiration and often returns to familiar themes - the British seaside, the countryside of his native Derbyshire, snowscapes and skiing in the Alps. Children and the suggestion of sunshine are constant muses. Each canvas is a celebration of life – a joyous moment of leisure and play.
“I need to paint quickly to work outdoors and create the initial scene. I also make sketches, take photographs and once they are in the studio – the hard work begins.”
Andrew then returns to work on unfinished paintings daily, making adjustments until they are finished. This is helped by a strong visual memory, which allows him to recall the exact tone and colour of a scene. He only paints with oil and takes several months to complete a canvas to his satisfaction.
As one of the UK’s leading contemporary figurative painters, Andrew Macara’s art is highly collectable, and he has undertaken several commissions for public and private collectors. These include a series of contemporary works for Sir Anthony and Lady Bamford, Scott Bader Company, the Hilton Hotel Group, St John’s Ambulance, Westminster’s New Parliamentary Building, and Lloyds TSB. His work can also be seen in public art galleries and spaces.
Andrew continues to paint full-time, to experiment with subject matter and techniques and to travel in pursuit of new sources of inspiration.
Cover Image - Snowballers, Allestree Park (detail), 40 x 50 inches
Andrew Macara at 80
2 - 16 November 2024
All paintings are oil and for sale on receipt of this brochure.
SCAN TO SEE WHAT’S STILL AVAILABLE
The Dinghy, St Ives, Cornwall
12 x 20 inches
Summer in Jersey 14 x 16 inches
The Old Jetty, St Brelade’s Bay 14 x 16 inches
Three White Sails, Rovinj 15 x 24 inches
Salcombe Regatta and Artist’s Easel 16 x 30 inches
The Red House, Cinque Terre 14 x 18 inches
St Michael’s Mount, Marazion 14 x 16 inches
Arrival of the Ice Cream Van, St Ives 20 x 24 inches
Mount Bay Sailing Club Regatta, Marazion
15 x 24 inches
White Sails, Salcombe 16 x 30 inches
Two Boys on Cycles, Milos
14 x 16 inches
Bat, Ball and Bougainvillea, Milos
20 x 24 inches
12 x 20 inches
Bat and Ball, Milos, Greece
16 x 30 inches
Piggyback, Milos
Washing Line and Scooter Girl, Karpathos
16 x 30 inches
Right:The Swing, Klein Karoo, Cape Town
36 x 40 inches
Top of the Piste, Selva Val Gardena 20 x 24 inches
Sledging, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
20 x 24 inches
The Bridge, Skiing downhill, Tignes 16 x 30 inches
The Bridge, Looking Uphill, Tignes 16 x 30 inches
Fun in the Snow, Black Rocks, Derbyshire 20 x 24 inches
Snowballing near the Third Tee, Allestree Park 12 x 20 inches
Left: Snowballers, Allestree Park
40 x 50 inches
Snowy Trees, Les Arcs 15 x 24 inches
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Eye Of The Needle, Tignes
x 30 inches
Skiing in Morzine
26 x 40 inches
Christmas in Tignes 26 x 40 inches
Steep Slope, Les Arcs
12 x 20 inches
Rock City, Selva Val Gardena
16 x 30 inches
Sheep and Sledgers, near Alsop en le Dale, Derbyshire
32 x 36 inches
Fresh Snow, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
20 x 24 inches
Young Skiers, Val Gardena, Italy
12 x 20 inches
Sledging, Samoens, Grand Massif 14 x 18 inches
The Storehouse, Allestree Park, Derby 14 x 18 inches
Summer in Malta 12 x 20 inches
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