ANDREW HEMINGWAY: very, very special ordinary things - New Pastel Paintings

"It is easy to forget we are seeing pastel on board when looking at the cup and paintbrush in Andrew Hemingway’s Still Life: Artist’s Cup and Washed Brush (2017). Hemingway’s pastel paintings are better than the real thing: they lure our eyes and imagination into a space that dematerializes as we become more intimate. Getting closer, looking longer, the image transforms into abstract glazes and discrete marks that are more than a parlour game of visual mimicry. Hemingway’s special ordinary things shift from the mundane to the universal through the intelligence and empathy we bring to every encounter."

Gregory Humeniuk
Toronto
October 2017

On Saturday, November 25th, Mira Godard Gallery is pleased to open an exhibition of new pastel paintings by ANDREW HEMINGWAY.

ANDREW HEMINGWAY was born in Yorkshire, England in 1955. He attended the Barnsley School of Art and the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in London, earning a degree in Fine Art and Art History. In 1976 he received bursaries to study in Florence and Rome and in 1978, won a Norwegian scholarship to study in Oslo.

ANDREW HEMINGWAY has exhibited extensively at Mira Godard Gallery for over thirty years. The upcoming exhibition is his first solo show in six years. He also exhibited in the United States, Asia and Europe. His work is in numerous international corporate and private collections including: Deutsche Bank; The Duke of Devonshire; Goldman Sachs; the Halifax Building Society and Bank; Nestle International, Switzerland; the Travelstead Company, New York; and the Yorkshire Building Society.

Andrew Hemingway lives and works in Yorkshire, England.

To arrange an interview with the artist, or for more information, please contact the gallery at (416)-964-8197, via email: godard@godardgallery.com, or visit: www.godardgallery.com.