Andrew Alan Matthews

Art by Andrew Alan Matthews

Urbis & the Printworks by Day

Hi Everybody a view looking onto Urbis and the Printworks, with Ghosts of the past.

Original £490 or A3 Limited Edition print £50 contact me andrewalanmatthews.co.uk

A bit of history

Urbis was an exhibition and museum in Manchester designed by Ian simpson The building opened in June 2002 as part of the redevelopment of Exchange Square known as the Millennium Quarter. Urbis was commissioned as a 'Museum of the City' iUrbis was closed in 2010, after the opportunity arose for Manchester to host the National Football Museum. In 2012, the building re-opened after a complete re-fit as the permanent National football Museum.

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A Story by Andrew Alan Matthews

Urbis & Printworks by day

Don’t stay away

Hardrock café today

I’ll sip a cuppa

And look on this view

Modern Manchester on cue

Theres busy people

Surrounding you

There on the way to work

Im giving a smirk

Cos its my day off

Ive come to town

To take in that view

Old and new

Manchester with a brew

I daydream

of Ghosts of the past

where they walked the scene

of an industrial theme

flap caps and clogs

in a lowry scene

they dream of better days to come

fun in the sun, it was no fun

and now we are here

we give a cheer

cos its my day off

im startin to scoff

yeah

Urbis & Printworks by day

Don’t stay away

Hardrock café today

I’ll sip a cuppa

And look on this view

Modern Manchester on cue

https://youtu.be/I5MXWh813Xs

Andrew Alan Matthews Art and Paintings for sale

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.

happy customer 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.

Happy Customer 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

HAPPY CUSTOMER 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

HAPPY CUSTOMER 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

Testimonials from the classroom Demonstration of Urbis painting 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.

alexatourguide 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

Name Emma Bennett Email themanchesterartbook@gmail.com Message Dear Andy 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 Device desktop Language en-GB Submitted from Homepage