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Andy Swani Crocodile Continuation, 2022 Acrylic on Paper Signed verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Andy Swani was born in Birmingham in 1964, he currently works as an artist, painter, decorator, muralist and printmaker, living in East London. His work is a primal glorification of creation, expressing the wonder of the world, together with an awareness of its inevitable end. Having had some success with traditional still-life painting, mostly of dead fish, which tempered the sensual delights of perception with reminders of mortality, Andy began making paintings in an overtly decorative way, using childlike, naïve representations of creatures and environments as a basis for a joyous and dread filled dialogue with History, Art and lived experience. Influences from around the world and the European premodern age were able to flood into his work, though still rooted in the European painting tradition of Giotto, Goya and Matisse. Examples of his new work were included in The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibitions of both 2021 & 2022. One of these works, a woodcut, 'Crocodiles (Fuchsia on Yellow)', is being used by The Royal Academy of Arts in its 2023 calendar. Education 1983 - 1986 - North East London Polytechnic - Ba Hons Fine Art 1982 - 1983 - Bournville School of Arts and Crafts - Arts Foundation Course Select Exhibitions/Awards 2022 - Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2021 - Royal Academy of Arts - Summer Exhibition 2013 - Burning Bright - Saatchi online - Hyatt Regency London 2003 - Really - Transition Gallery - London -Sense and Sensibility - Transition Gallery London 2001 - Discerning Eye - Mall Gallery - London Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork 'Crocodile Continuation' -- Camouflage has been a recurring interest, adding another layer of ambiguity to the interplay between representation and coloured stuff on a surface. The represented object taking the ambiguity further - wave or crocodile? animal or foliage? 'Crocodile Continuation' is one of a series of works exploring the decorative and expressive possibilities of stylised crocodile and wave forms. Message from Art On A Postcard: Please do not bid if you intend to sell on the artwork. All artworks have been generously donated by the artists to raise money for The Hepatitis C Trust and when work is sold on the secondary market, it damages our relationship with the artist and prevents us from fundraising