ANDREWKINSMAN The Début Collection
Self-taught artist and musician Andrew Kinsman sold his first piece of artwork when he was only twelve years old. He has painted commissions for celebrities and royalty alike, and has recorded soundtracks and albums with music novelties such as Noel Gallagher and English Rock Band, Kasabian. Currently living in South London after years spent in Cambridge, Bath, Bristol and Cyprus, Kinsman continues to practise both art forms passionately, dividing his time equally between the advancement of his musical career and continuing to acquire new and reputable art commissions. It was during his formative years as an artist that Kinsman drew inspiration from a collection of books his parents owned entitled Great Artists. Within this collection, he found himself instinctively drawn to landscape painting, particularly to the works of English Romantic painters John Constable and J.M.W. Turner. He also became interested in the use of symbolism and the incorporation of mythology utilized by the Pre-Raphaelites and the Aesthetes of the 19th century. As his art progressed and
his technique became more refined, Kinsman turned his focus towards the 17th century Dutch School; it was within this genre that he found a deep appreciation for intense colour palettes, captured drama, and the realism associated with, and made exceptional by, the Dutch Masters. The trait Kinsman finds most captivating, which still influences his painting to this day, is the “ability to create a snapshot of real life”; to be able to paint the surroundings, emotions and thoughts enveloped in a single moment. After his first major exhibition aged twenty-one at The Victoria Art Gallery in Bath, Kinsman abandoned his art completely at twenty-five to focus solely on his music. In the following years, Kinsman devoted himself to the development of his musical talent and education. He began with the saxophone and would eventually learn to play the clarinet, flute and piano as well. Working long hours on an assembly line in a factory, Kinsman would bring his saxophone to work, transforming the cold room into a practice studio during his time off. Eventually he saved enough money to
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