Welcome to my contemporary british art site...

Andrew John Miles is a contemporary British artist living and working in Northampton, United Kingdom. Drawing inspiration from many different art movements and famous artists, Andrew's work is varied, never afraid to use colour to explore both composition and expression in all his paintings.

Seleted areas from my painting.

Contemporary Art - Image

Selected details taken from my painting "French Wine", painted in France, which on their own make a perfect composition.

Oil painting - Graphic

If you look carefully, there are many small "paintings" within a painted canvas, you can view the finished piece by clicking here


Equine Artist new site!

equine artist

My artist friend has a great new website, equine artist Caroline Mckenzie take a look.

Some inspiring artists who’s work I find interesting - Frank Bowling and contemporary artist
David Hockney
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Contemporary Artists, Exhibitions & Events for 2009

Picasso: Peace and Freedom

Picasso Lithograph on paper

Visit the Picasso exhibition, Peace and Freedom - a major exhibition bringing together over 150 works by Picasso from across the world.

Presented at Tate Liverpool from 21 May to 30 August 2010; this exhibition will reveal a fascinating new insight into the artist's life as a tireless political activist and campaigner for peace, challenging the widely held view of the artist as creative genius, playboy and compulsive extrovert.

Date: 21 May — 30 August 2010 Location: The Tate Liverpool

Note placed  05 ~ 11 ~ 2009

Corot to Monet 2009

Corot - Monet 2009

Don’t miss: Corot to Monet: A Fresh Look at Landscape from the Collection.

View rarely seen Gallery paintings and learn about the origins of Impressionism. This popular exhibition examines the influence of the Barbizon School – a group of outdoor painters including Corot – on artists such as Monet, as they explored new ways of capturing light and atmosphere in paint.

Date: 8 July — 20 September 2009 Location: The National Gallery

Note placed  31~ 08 ~ 2009

Summer Exhibition 2009

Summer Exhibition 2009

The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is the largest open submission contemporary art exhibition in the world.

Now in its 241st year, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2009 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of new work by both established and unknown artists in all media including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and architecture.

Date: 8 June—16 August 2009 Location: The Royal Academy

Note placed  16~ 06~ 2009

Turner and the Masters

Turner Snow Storm – Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth

In the first exhibition of its kind, this show pairs some of Turners’ greatest paintings with outstanding works by old masters, as well as contemporaries such as Constable and Bonington, to reveal his debts and rivalries in exciting, even unpredictable, ways. This is a truly unique opportunity to understand how Turner established and maintained his reputation as one of the greatest painters of landscape in the European tradition.

Date: 23 September 2009 – 31 January 2010, Location: Tate Brition

Note placed  16~ 06~ 2009

Picasso: Challenging the Past

Picasso

Discover how Pablo Picasso took on the great European painting tradition and created radical responses of his own. This major exhibition explores how Picasso challenged the art of the past throughout his long career, and includes ‘variations’ after 17th- and 19th-century masterpieces. Opens 25 February – book early to avoid disappointment.

Date: 25 February 2009 - 7 June 2009, Location: National Gallery

Note placed  28~ 01~ 2009


Archived | Past Art Exhibitions & Events for 2008


Latest Oil Painting

The Wash Hunstanton,
oil painting on canvas.

Latest Painting - Hunstanton Wash

Take a look Click here

Last Months Painting

May Bank Holiday - Oil painting

Take a look Click here

Surfing Lanzarote

Surfing Lanzarote was inspired by my trip to Famara surfing school.

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