Andrew Reid

Golfer Colin Montgomerie is the subject of one of artist Andrew Reid’s ‘hyper-realism’ portraits for which he is becoming very well-known. Andrew takes an unusual approach to painting a portrait – likening the facial contours to a landscape. He takes great interest in capturing tiny details on the surface of a face, such as age lines, hairs, and eyelashes – seeing these as the building blocks to make up the face. He also enjoys the challenge of reproducing photographic effects, such as soft-focus backgrounds and colour bleeds.

Andrew studied art at university and worked as a conceptual artist for many years, designing artwork for public spaces across the globe and winning many prizes and accolades in the process. In recent years he returned to portraiture, as it was his original inspiration for becoming an artist, aspiring to Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Chuck Close. Andrew undertakes commissions for portraits.

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