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Artist Statement:
Andrew Neighbour is at the
forefront of exploring a new
world where digital art meets
classical realist painting and
drawing. For the past decade
he has specialized in
figurative art and portraiture
using oils, pastel and a
variety of drawing materials.
He is an admirer of and
influenced by the techniques
and styles of Stanley Spencer
and Lucian Freud, and inspired
by the narrative content of
Eric Fischl, Isadore Bishop,
Jerome Witkin, and Kaethe
Kollwitz.
He approaches fine art from a
nontraditional route. Born in
England in the early fifties,
the son of an artist,
Neighbour chose to distinguish
himself through science. He
immersed himself in the
natural world learning to
become a biologist, zoologist
and eventually a medical
research scientist. Through
those years, his natural
inquisitiveness and
observation of the wonders of
living things honed a visual
skill that now emerges in his
new-found avocation of
painting and digital art.
Presently, he combines his
creative obsessions with a
busy career in academic
administration at a leading
Southern California research
University. With more than
twenty years in biomedical
science and business, he
discovered painting when
taking numerous classes in
drawing and painting at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Shows:
2005/2006 The Hideaway Grill
and Market, Lone Butte, New
Mexico
Group and Juried shows:
2006, Collaboration Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
2004, February Group Show
(Juried), Lankershim Art
Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2004, Photographic Process VI.
Period Gallery. Award of
Excellence.
2003, Solo Show,
IMAGINESTATION online Gallery,
December ...
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Artist Galleries:
Collaboration Gallery, 621 Old
Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe,
NM...
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Artist Reviews:
""Study for Self-Portrait"...a
work to judge portraits by."
Anne Odell, The Weekly Press,
Philadelphia, PA, August 25th,
1994
"Inspiring perfect pixels,
Andrew Neighbour brings just
the right mix to his digital
masterpieces." Period
Gallery, artist spotlight,
December, 2003....
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Collections:
Numerous private collections
Anna Pollock, Pembridge, UK
Washington University, St.
Louis, MO, USA
Rick Oertli, Town and Country,
MO, USA...
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Commissions:
Ms. Rebecca Rocco, Birmingham,
PA, USA
Mr. Mike Farinola, Kennett
Square, PA, USA
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Trudy Harris
Congratulations! I love the site and I look forward to updates about your work, and hopefully, upcoming exhibitions.I swear, 8177 Hollywood Blvd. rocks with creative output! Keep up the good work - both of you!Love, Trudy
Janet Villarreal
Andrew,Your artwork is wonderful and so amazingly varied. I wish you luck in your marketing efforts. Although I like much of what you've done, I have to say I'm partial to the piece entitled Mary. Nice to see an old friend's face. All the best!Janet V.
Darwyn Carson
I was doing a little browsing and happened upon your site. Your work is very rich and beautifully textured. I specifically found Belly of the Beast moving.
Regina Clark
Amazing work!! Thank you for sharing this with me! Your art has always been so special.
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