Traditional buildings

Andy created a very special and unique fine art oil painting of Battle Abbey Gates as they appeared in the late fourteenth century for the 2017 Battle Festival of arts & music. Working with English Heritage and with the expertise of David & Barbara Martin, specialists in interpreting local historic houses for over fifty years with the Institute of Archaeology and University College London (UCL). Andy also had historical help from Michelham Priory’s fourteenth century living history bowmen as the characters in his painting.

This painting took over five months to create, researching and drawing with hundreds of hours of painting to finish this historic masterpiece.

Andy was interviewed live on the BBC by Mark Carter discussing his ultra-fine detail techniques, before unveiling the painting and adding the finishing touches in front of a very well attended audience in Battle, East Sussex. The Battle Abbey painting was sold to a private collector within minutes of unveiling and a special limited edition print is on display at the Battle Museum.