Customer Reviews and feedback

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Quote from Michael Gutteridge a prominent Manchester Artist who I have a great deal of respect for, his artwork is fantastic

I'm flattered you should want my opinion on your artworks, I'm not  even sure about my own let alone anyone else's but I'll give it a go.  I quite liked most of them, I liked the strong colours and the boldness of some of the brushwork, very direct, with some energy, a bit like Leon Kossoff, yet I noted you kept referring to them as impressionistic yet I would say they seemed more expressionistic myself, with the bold use of colour and all. My favourite painting was probably the London Taxi Jam.

check out his work -  https://www.michaelgutteridge.com/ 

happy customer reviews below

St Pauls, London Bus & Telephone box by Night 

Everything was perfect. Bought as a gift for a friend

1-Mar-2017 

Extract from a valued customer

Greetings Maestro !

It was a pleasure to meet you and I am delighted to be the owner of your first “Moss Side Series” of work. 

You hardly need me to tell you, there is no shortage of talent in your hands and I hope that it can be commercially exploited to give the artistic freedom that you dream of…….

Very best wishes to you and your family for Christmas and New Year.

Regards 

John

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Well what can I say ?? A massive thank you to Andrew for personally delivering my 1/250 print of Manchester Central Library. Great individual image of this iconic building. Trip to framing shop in the morning ! I will post the finalised print when completed. 

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 Hi Andy, your painting has arrived and it's fabulous! You have captured the essence of the Quays in your talented, quite abstract style and it suits my taste in art very well. As well as being aesthetically pleasing, it will serve as a good nod towards my roots whenever I am asked about it. It was very well packaged by you  So, thanks again. I'm delighted with the painting! Best regards, carole. 

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It has arrived! This morning by the post in perfect condition. Thank you so much we really love it. I know a really good framer in Toulouse so we will take it there. It will be so nice to have such a good representation of Manchester on the wall, Joyce best wishes 

 Hi Andrew ,we are just returning home after a trip to Toulouse to the picture framers. Its taken this long because of Covid. They are experts who frame for the museums and galleries. Thought you might like to know that the owner said your painting was superb 

Comment from a happy customer of a Man City Etihad Blue print

Hi Andy she did like the painting print but most of all her husband loved it !!!. His wife says they will frame it professionally & will be displayed in there hallway as a feature amongst his Man City memorabilia, thanks for that Andy! Here are there comments- 

Ive just arrived home, the print is awesome, thank you, you don’t need to thank us, we love seeing you both xxx

Awesome surprise , thank you both xxx

I may need to look at your BEE positive collection for her as well 

Happy customers Comment regarding a painting of Salford Quays Skyline No1 By Night

Thank you Andy - they are over the moon with it rest assured your work will be lovingly displayed for many years to come 

Happy Customer on a portrait painting

Many thanks Andy. I've just heard back from Simon, having been sent your video and seen the painting by link. He is absolutely amazed and delighted with it, so he's going to really love the actual painting! 

Hi Andy, I have now taken delivery of your painting and am absolutely delighted with it! Thank you again. I will always recommend you.

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 Champion Boxer Stephen Mahoney  of a portrait painting and video of him, check it out under my portrait page

Had a painting done off Andrew and a song beltin service very professional and awesome when finished would use Andrew again 

HAPPY CUSTOMER

Hi Andy , Well, Dianne absolutely loved your prints & her two grown lads were very impressed too. Shes getting them framed . She is besotted with them. Shes having a fabulous day and I am grateful for your providing her with that to a large extent !!!thanks again for the delivery in person ! xxx

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 It's lovely thank you. Like the fact I'm.no 1 of the print run. I'm looking to get it framed and will post it on social media once that's done.  Keep painting

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Dear Andy, Thank you so much for my wonderful Manchester City stadium pictures - their frames came today and they are now beautifully displayed on my wall! 

I think they are wonderful and I will treasure them for always. You truly have a talent, Andy, I'm very impressed. I adore both stadiums and I am so pleased to have such a brilliant reminder of both - especially Maine Road, seeing as you can't even visit it anymore!

Thank you so much for bringing them to me, on behalf of Eni and Steve. I appreciated you having to make a special journey, especially when things are so crazy nowadays.

I hope you are keeping safe and well.

Thank you again, you're a star!

Love Dianne xx

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of Man city prints

Thanks for the pictures, they look fantastic. Cant wait to get them framed and up. xx

Jeanie Carls wife said the artwork is amazing & that her husband Carl was Buzzing & his City fan mates are jealous !  very excited crowd !!

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Feedback of the print of Moss side Carnival

She loves it & it reminds her of all our connections in Moss Side!

Its also a nice reminder of where she & her husband grew up & lived most of their lives!

They both went to Ducie with Steve!

Lily (who passed away last year) taught Zip there!

Steve & I met via them, when Zip & I were teachers @ Ducie !

Anyway, she sent that earlier to let me know it was framed & is on show in the porch of there house in Jamaica !

Really made up!

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Hi Andrew I purchased your Eros London Piccadilly Circus Landscape and I absolutely love it. Just now I purchased your millennium dome canary wharf landscape I really like your style , it definitely draws my attention towards staring at the paintings

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of a limited edition print of Salford Quays Imperial war museum by night

Hi Andy my lovely print is now  proudly on the wall, thank you for your beautiful work and getting it delivered to me . Kind Regards Julie

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Just received my print of Salford Quays Imperial Museum by night.
Absolutely delighted with it, can’t wait to get it framed and on the wall!
Love the colours and textures and Andy’s very unique style.
The whole process from ordering to receiving delivery has been excellent, Andy has been so helpful and efficient throughout.
I would certainly recommend his work.  

Gill

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I can not recommend Andrew's amazing art work enough.
I can't say which works I have purchased as they are gifts but I am over the moon with them.
Please support local artists. — with Andrew Alan Matthews.

1Andrew Alan Matthews

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Thank you Andy for a gorgeous print for my nephew who's a huge Man City fan. Super quick service from ordering to a personal delivery. Really lovely artwork that oozes Mancunian life!

Have a lovely Christmas

Sophie

HAPPY CUSTOMER

We have purchased loads of stuff from Andy always amazed. We commissioned a piece for my wife’s 60th based on a Spain vs Croatia game in Bordeaux (euro 2016) sent him loads of pictures and he came up with this. Absolutely delighted, Steve

Great to come across your art Andrew! My brother in France sent me info on your work. We are all long time City fans! All the best from Pender Island in the Salish Sea off the Canadian West Coast!  JO

Happy Customer of Man City Maine Road by night prints

 your pictures have gone down a storm, absolutely love 'em and everyone knew precisely the view it was of. Have a fantastic Christmas pal and defo catch up in the new year. Mark

Happy Customer of Moss Side Limited Edition Prints on Canvas 

Thank you Andy, I’m over the blue moon with my printed box canvases, especially “mind your car mate” it takes me back to my childhood. Many Saturday spent at Maine Road many thanks, I’ll definitely be back in touch in the future.  jon

 HAPPY CUSTOMER 

‘Andy thanks so much for the fabulous print of ‘Britons Protection by night’ together with the Manchester Bee T-shirt which I’m certain my partner will be thrilled with on his birthday.  The print looks even nicer in real life!! Look forward to seeing your next exhibition as we missed the last one and it was great to meet you in person - I’m sure I’ll be back soon when I can decide which other of your great prints I can buy’

Thanks and best wishes

Lynn

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 Good Evening Andrew,

He was really pleased with the print, he couldn’t wait to show it to me.

He admires your work.

Thank you for your prompt service

 Been looking to buy some original art for some time and came across Andrew’s paintings, could tell the Lowry influence but the paintings have an originality and style of their own. Love Manchester subject matter, makes it personal, every painting has its own story. Definitely won’t be my last purchase (or my wife’s🤣),look forward to the next one, keep up the good work  By Sharon and Steve

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Hi Andy, 

Just wanted to let you know the print has arrived. 

I want to say thank you for the lovely service and fast delivery. The print is beautiful and came with a certificate of authenticity. It made a great present. I can well and truly say they loved it. 

Thanks again, 

Anya. 

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The painting arrived today in perfect condition - thank you very much. 

Thank you for doing such a beautiful job of capturing this evocative view of my favourite corner of Salford Quays when the blue cranes were still in place. You have caught the atmosphere of Salford Quays in the evening perfectly.

I’m looking forward to hanging this in my living room!

Thank you again.

Kind regards,

Alan

Andy, Thanks for sharing your time & showing us your unique way of painting. its encouraged me to break away from the "norm"  Vicky.X.

Thank you very much for the demo. It was very good & we all enjoyed it, Alma.

Thanks Andy, I enjoyed your painting demonstration very much. Liz.

Lovely demo, really enjoyed it Andy, Thank you. might have a go at this. Luv Elaine. XX.

Andy it was so nice to hear your story on what has inspired you to express yourself through the medium of painting. Bernie.

Thanks, Les.

Thank you Andy for letting us watch you paint a wonderful picture & relating stories about your Dad, Ruth. 

Thank you Andy for a good day, Tom Callaghan.

Art Enquiry 

 Dear Andrew,
 

I am a history student at the University of Manchester and I am currently writing an assignment on the Moss Side riots in the 80s. I came across your YouTube video on the riots, with you speaking over your painting. I found it really interesting and would love to use your words in my essay. Is there any chance you would be able to email me a copy of your words over the video?
 

I would also love to know a bit more about yourself- are you native to Moss Side and experienced the riots first hand?
 

Thank you in advance, and I hope to hear from you soon, 

Dear Andy, 

Thank you so much for all this information! Its super helpful- I’ll send the essay over when its finished. 

Comment on the Lass O Gowrie pub painting

Hi Andrew, I've just read your poem about the fictional scotsman inspired by the Lass O'Gowrie. I liked it very much. I'm part of a U3a writing group where I live and I wondered if you would mind if I read your poem out to the other members. Of course I would make it plain that you wrote it, I write mainly fiction and although I like poetry I don't have any talent for writing it. Margaret

comment from Wythenshawe Community team from a Christmas event 

My Photos don't do Andrew Alan Matthews ' artwork the credit they deserve Take a peek, find a perfect present or treat yourself! Let's support our #localbusinesses  this man is so talented!  andrewalanmatthews.co.uk 07981419349 

 Hi Andy, I read your life story, wow, what a story!!  I extracted a small part and included in my Childhood Stories website, mainly your childhood stories leading to the painting “Where the good thinks are”, with a link to your full life story. I also include the image, with full credit to yourself and multiple links to your website for your art. Here is the link to the page: https://childhoodstories.info/_thisisus/ChildhoodThisisus.html. Please let me know if it is okay with you? Many thanks, Paul 

link to his website = https://childhoodstories.info/?fbclid=IwAR1kMlL2m9835o_cKlpvYdpfXGrzaJIjAj-o6xzaDl2giRbvxaYxhQsoRGg
 

Kind comment from one of my Art videos 

I love Andrew Alan Matthews artwork and poetry. So proud to be a Mancunian even though we ran away to Blackpool nearly 20 years ago. by Vickie Gottfreund

 Your Picture is beautiful..keep painting..it is a healer.Your Artwork is perfect. by Helen

 We saw Andrews  Art in a lovely new gallery walkway in Sale and were immediately taken with his evocative style. When we saw his picture of Hotspur House we new we had to buy it as we have a family connection to the buiiding. Andy then hand delivered it the next day (we happened to live near Him)and we had a lovely chat about the building and his art. its a real pleasure to support a local artist who is clearly passionate about their work and that comes through in his pieces. By Tim 

We Saw Andys work on display in Sale and instantly connected with it, particularily the paintings of Deansgate. it was very easy to contact him and he quickly got in touch. He was so warm and enthusiastic which gave a personal touch to the print we eventually bought. He framed it for us . we wish him every success i n the future with his Art as he is very talented by Carolyn

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 Feedback: Well what can I say except Andrew is a Gentleman first and foremost . I asked him if he would do a painting of My Son who enjoys Boxing. He agreed and he showed me step by step the drawing first then we discussed colours for the painting . Andrew had captured My Son’s likeness and his use of colours are Amazing. Nothing was too much .This Man has such a fantastic talent! He even delivered the painting to my door himself and it was also nicely wrapped. I absolutely love it and the great thing is he donated a proportion of the Money to Mark Sproston’s Project 23 Mental Health Group. What a tremendous gesture! 

My next #artistoftheday is #AndrewAlanMatthews. He is a proud #Mancunian artist who grew up in Moss Side. He attended Claremont Road Junior School and Yew Tree High School. He lived in Salford for 18 years and used to visit the Salford museum to admire LSLowry's works. He started drawing at an early age and he reminisced to me that "I was about 6 or 7 years old when I found a love of art. I used to draw spiderman pictures in class".
His father bought him a good quality paper book and oil pastels. He started to draw wildlife. “My first painting was of a falcon and a bowl of flowers for my Gran" At Yew Tree High, his art teacher was Mr De Vere. He was inspirational and whilst the other kids had to follow the teacher, he was allowed to explore art in his own way. He worked in the textile design industry working for all the major textile companies in the UK reproducing accurate, fine quality, hand painted artwork for many years.

He studied at MMU for a BA(Hons) Textiles Degree graduating in 1999.
He suffered acute stress in the last year of his career as a textile design separation artist and left to pursue a degree, in the winter of 1996 he tried to commit suicide and had several breakdowns over many years.
To help overcome this stress he developed his work stress & stress and anxiety collections with the aim at helping people understand stress and breaking the stigma of mental health issues. He has produced art related videos to help people overcome stress. These days he chooses to paint in a relaxed way and helps relieve his stress.

The #UniteUnion are using his work-stress collection images in their training and development department to help people overcome stress and support mental health. He has had positive feedback from the charity 'Mind'. . He started selling his art in 2011 with www.artgallery.co.uk and set up a website last year. https://andrewalanmatthews.co.uk/

One of the trademarks that I particularly admire is the emphasis he puts on the use of dark and light in his cityscapes giving a modern urban feel and depth to the artwork.

BEE Positive is his life motto.
His website & videos are inspirational.
#artoftheday🎨 #artforstressrelief #artist 

MY ARTWORK was  on  DISPLAY AT SALFORD ARTGALLERY ONLINE

3rd Aug 2021 - 31 Oct 2021

https://salfordmuseum.com/exhibition/open-2/

 My Artwork was on Display and for sale at a community Christmas Fayre on Saturday 11th December 2021 between 12 noon and 4.30 pm St John the Devine 186 Brooklands Road, Sale , M33 3PB 

I am very proud to have received an email from the Editor of The City through the eyes of the artist. I have submitted 12 images for selection for the book. I would be very honoured if I was chosen.

Name Emma Bennett Email themanchesterartbook@gmail.com Message Dear  I hope this finds you well. You may already be familiar with The City Through The Eyes of Its Artists book series of which I am the Editor; Five hard-covered books which show iconic cities through the eyes of the artists they inspire, with a further two titles to be published this year. So far we have worked with almost 400 artists on the book series which have attracted endorsements from over 65 celebrities, including Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Julie Walters, Stephen Fry, Claudia Winkleman, and Miriam Margolyes.  I am delighted that the fabulous city of Manchester has been chosen for the focus of the next book and having looked at your great work on-line, I would like to invite you to submit images free for consideration for inclusion in The Manchester Art Book, to be published in 2023. There is no submission or inclusion fee at any stage if your work is chosen for inclusion. Each book has its own website and we also have a new series site at: https://www.thecitythroughtheeyesofitsartists.com/index.html   

The concept of the books is to show iconic cities through the eyes of the artists they inspire working in a broad range of contemporary media and styles, whilst providing a platform for artists to show their work to a local but also world-wide audience. The submission process is a straightforward one with images sent via email or WeTransfer. Images for publication in The Manchester Art Book will be chosen by a local panel of art and city experts who will meet to make a final selection for inclusion. If your work is chosen you will be asked to sign an Artist Licence Agreement which gives us permission to use your image(s) solely for use in the publication and associated press. Of course you retain all copyright to your image(s) and can use them in all the usual ways us artists do to sell and promote our work.  All information about how you can submit can be found here: https://www.thecitythroughtheeyesofitsartists.com/manchesterhome.html 

 If you would like to get a sense of the scale and reach of the books, just Google each title, or pick up a copy; they are available in bookshops, online and world-wide. The current titles in the series are; The Cambridge Art Book, The Oxford Art Book, The Edinburgh Art Book, The Liverpool Art Book and The Dublin Art Book, with The Bristol and Bath Art Book and The Birmingham Art Book to be published this July. Alongside every image in the 128 page books is the artist's name and picture title, whilst in the back a biography section lists each artist, with page credits, a brief biography and website link. Artists report this has led to higher sales and exposure, whilst in Oxford, Cambridge and Liverpool artists have got together as a result of the book to exhibit together and form art groups. The Publication of each book is celebrated by a launch in a prominent book shop in the city with drinks, speeches, a mini exhibition and just a great opportunity for all the artists featured to come together.   Please have a look at the website for submission information, but in brief: we are looking for artists of all ages, experience and stages in artistic careers who are expressing what they love about Manchester through a broad range of media and styles (but no pure 

photography). We love quirky, contemporary and something a bit different. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to email. If you know of any other artists who might be interested please share this email with them, the quality of the books depends on a wide range of artists and media.  We are accepting submissions now until the deadline of May 20th. If you would like to submit please do so by looking first at the website: 

https://www.thecitythroughtheeyesofitsartists.com/getinvolved.html If you intend to submit, it is always useful to hear from you so that we can create a digital file for you. This helps later on with the extensive organisation that goes into producing a book. If you have any questions please just email. It would be fantastic to have your images for consideration as they fit the vibrant and modern feel we are after. If you would like to know more about me, my art website is: www.emmabennettcollage.co.uk  With thanks and all best wishes, I look forward to hearing from you, Emma Emma Bennett themanchesterartbook@gmail.com 

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I am very honoured to be contacted by the chief football writer from the Athletic 

Hi Andrew - hope you're well. I'm the chief football writer for The Athletic - an app/website that is the sports arm for the New York Times. I was previously chief football writer for the Guardian. I'm writing about it being 20 years since the Etihad stadium opened, or the COMS as it was then - for the Commonwealth Games. I was writing about how it had changed that part of Manchester but also how Moss Side had changed in that time (20 pubs closed down sadly, without the match trade). I know the area well as I moved up in 1998 and I was delighted - as someone who spent a lot of money this way on match-days - to see your 'Mind Your Car, Mr' painting (brilliant!). I saw that you grew up in the area and was hoping I could include you as one of the voices in my article. I'm meeting a community leader on Monday but would really like to speak to someone who grew up in the area and remembers the days of Maine Road etc. It would be great to speak if you had some time on the phone for a bit of nostalgia. Kind wishes,  

Hi everybody I am very honoured to be included in an Article for- The Athletic, the sports arm of the New York Times. My Mind Your Car Mr painting is featured alongside the story of Maine Road. A big Thankyou to Daniel Taylor Chief sportswriter for the Athletic. Here is the link to the story. 

https://theathletic.com/3417752/2022/07/17/etihad-maine-road-city/

Extract of my story from the Article  with permission from Daniel Taylor . to see the full article click on the link 

“There used to be a hairdresser's just up the road. It was called Artie’s and, back in the day, a lot of the players would walk in to get a trim straight after training. You’d often hear that such-and-such a player had come out of the ground and gone in for a haircut.”

Andrew Matthews, the Moss Side-born artist, is reminiscing about what it was like to grow up in the shadow of Maine Road, formerly the home of Manchester City, and one particular memory that has stayed with him all these years.

“I went past one night and there was a gunman firing out a car. I ducked down. The bullet went over my head and shot the ‘A’ out of the sign for Artie's. You had to be quite streetwise growing up in Moss Side, I suppose. But I found lifelong friends there and had a happy childhood. It was a proper community. And the place would come alive on Saturdays if City were playing.”

Matthews spent a lot of time in Cowesby Street, in particular, because that little strip of red-brick terraced houses was his turf when it came to motorists parking their cars on match-days. Every driver was obliged to make a financial contribution to make sure nothing untoward happened to their car. Matthews has even dedicated one of his paintings – “Mind your car, Mr?” – to that once-familiar racket.

“It was a way for us to earn a few quid for sweets and fireworks at a time when we were all poor. Or we’d go into the alleyways, where people used to dump piles and piles of rubbish, to look for discarded push bikes. It was like finding gold. We’d rebuild these bikes and sell them to Nev's second-hand shop on the corner. They were heady days.”

I went down to see the ground for one last time,” says Matthews. “I went with a few mates and we managed to get inside while they were tearing the place down. My mate took a chair from the directors’ box. I got a seat from the Main Stand. But we didn't get a lot of sympathy from the bulldozer crew. They were all United fans and they were throwing the seats into a huge pile. I was absolutely gutted. And they were laughing their heads off.”
 

“The area has completely changed,” says Matthews. “City moving out was always going to hit the area hard. It took a lot of business away. I remember hearing Maine Road was closing down and thinking, ‘Well, what are we going to do?’ It was such an iconic ground. It had been there since 1923 and then, all of a sudden, it was gone.”

Matthews, whose artwork includes a number of Moss Side-themed paintings, started putting his memories on canvas because he wanted to “help rebalance the negative portrayal of the area from the 1970s and 1980s … it’s my way of trying to turn a negative into a positive.”  

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I am very honoured and humbled that my artwork has now been accepted to be exhibited at Salford Museum & Art Gallery . the exhibition will run from the 18th June 2022 - September 2022 

It has been my life's ambition to have my artwork displayed on these walls next to my Art Idol L.S Lowry. to say I am over the Blue moon is an understatement.

Good afternoon,  Thank you for submitting your work for selection in the Open [3] exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery. The selection panel met earlier this week and included Stephanie Fletcher, Assistant Curator for the University of Salford Art Collection and Naomi Lewis, Strategic Lead for Salford Museums and Galleries.  I am pleased to inform you that we have made the decision to include one of your entries in the Open [3] exhibition.      We hope to see you on 16 June for Salford Rediscovered or any time from 18th June when the exhibition is open to the public.  Best wishes Claire    Claire Corrin     Exhibitions Manager  Salford Museums & Galleries  

Hi everybody Here is the link to the interview with Wythenshawe FM Radio Presenter Ben Cooper about my Art and exhibition at Salford Museum and Artgallery in 2nd September  2023 to 11th February 2024

https://www.mixcloud.com/TheForumWithBen/mancunian-artist-andrew-alan-matthews-coming-to-salford-art-gallery/?fbclid=IwAR01FHmUqrYn-lpNvwkVY06aT7zF79P2t4KlrudgLxpVZBuy3B7Md5DLip0 

My you tube link to the interview

https://youtu.be/enFa9iG56X4