Abstracts: Andy Mercer

Only when I laugh

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An abstract digital work based on a simple cell form

Available as a signed limited edition print in various size and print formats. Please contact me for further details.

You can also purchase unsigned prints here

Color SQuare 2b.jpg

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Colorscope 1

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An abstract digital work

Available as a signed limited edition print in several size and print formats here

This work can also be purchased unsigned here

Intrinsic Value

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Chaos Theory

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An abstract digital work based on the scientific theory

Available as a signed limited edition print in various size and print formats. Please contact me for further details.

Also available here as an unsigned print

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Lines of Circles

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Many of my works are available as signed prints, please contact me for for further information.

Wheels within Wheels

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Random Cells

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Colorscope

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Many of my works are available as signed prints, please contact me for further details.

Only when I laugh

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Only when I laugh 3

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Random Cells

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An abstract digital work based on simple cell forms

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Stars and...jpg

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Barcelona

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A work based on the colours, shapes and culture of Barcelona.

Available direct as a signed limited edition print in various size and print formats. Also available as an unsigned print here

Doodlebug III

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An abstract work based on a line drawing

Northumberland IV

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

One of a series of abstract works derived from the colours,shapes and textures of Cumbria and the north of England. Most people will know Northumberland as primarily an east coast county but my childhood memory of the ancient county relates to it being one of the three old counties that formed the English Lake District.
For me this design is almost a tartan.. which seems right as you are almost in Tartan country. The flag of Northumberland has a Red and Gold piano keys type design. Northumbria is probably Englands most Celtic region with its long ties with Scotland and Celtic art is characterised by flowing interwoven lines.
In the north of England we often have quite dark wet weather with the many Atlantic weather systems that sweep across the region with some ferocity and of course there are the long winter nights.. we know well the meaning “of every cloud has a silver lining”. As a storm breaks up you often get these brilliant flashes of colour along the horizon contrasting to the dark landscape and mass of grey cloud, this light also reflects off distant water and highlights the edges of large clouds. In the highest places you can see mile after mile of wild empty isolated hills as far as the eye can see… with maybe a flash of coast in the distance. Geologically the region has more in common with Scotland than the tame green pastures of southern England.
Northumberland is border country and the site of many bloody encounters between the Scots and the English. Hadrians Wall divided Roman Britain from the rest and this is still much the same line as the Scottish/English border. The early Anglo Saxon kingdom of Northumbria stretched as far north as Edinburgh. In southern Scotland you will find many names that are more English sounding than Scottish.. Gordon Brown ? And south of the border you will find many names that sound more Scottish than English.. Alex Ferguson. Across the north of England out of this tough environment and history have emerged a people who are determined, independent minded, pragmatic,assertive and energetic… with a strong sense of humour.. and to be honest you sometimes need it.
Northumbria was also a major centre of religious influence in northern Britain, and was the place were the northern Celtic Christian church and the southern Roman church met and were fused uncomfortably together. Later came the Scandinavians “raping and pillaging” with their influences and wonderful names like Eric Blood Axe.
Out of the conflicts of history and the tectonic plates of British and European culture, the north has forged its own culture that is both interesting and distinctive.
So if you live overseas but have ancestral ties with these shores.. and feel some sort of resonance with this work, it could well be that these shapes, colours, tones and textures are etched deep into your genetic code. As they say in this part of the world..”you can take the man out of the north.. but you can’t easily take the north out of the man”
Available as a signed limited edition print direct from the artist.. and as a reproduction print here

Random Cells 4

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An abstract digital design based on a simple cell form.

"I am trying to create images that demonstrate some of the potential in design terms of working digitally... of course you could paint an image like this but it is much easier to create it digitally"

Available as a signed limited edition print direct from me in various size and print formats. Unsigned prints can be purchased here

Art Concepts for the Olympics No 3

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Just having a bit of fun here looking forward and playing with ideas for some contemporary art for the Olympics in 2012. Its based on a simple line drawing of the FIVE RINGS symbol, which I have always liked. I’m pretty keen on exploring new imagery and working digitally certainly presents new ways of creating images. Of course you could paint a work like this.. but this really is a digital image !
The spectrum of colours you see at present (2009) are so turgid and grim to go with these turgid grim times.. after the death of shareholding capitalism I feel the world needs some new images and some bright fresh colours to hopefully stimulate some bright fresh thinking.
This sort of reminds me of 60’s op art work.. and I make no excuse for that.. the 60’s were a time of new thinking, optimism and change. Similar to what we need now. Out with the old in with the new.
Whether we like it or not.. “the times they are a changin”

The Theory of Goo

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

This is my visual interpretation of the secular creation myth of life emerging from the Primordial soup. I'm not saying I believe in it or anything. For me this image is a curiosity a bit like early depictions of people falling off the edge of the world

This work can be purchased as a signed limited edition print direct from me in a number of sizes and formats. Please contact me for details or can be purchased unsigned here

Logos 3

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

“Logos (not to be confused with corporate logo’s) is an important term in philosophy, analytical psychology, rhetoric and religion. It derives from the Greek verb legō: to count, tell, say, or speak.”
The idea of the Logos also has strong Christian resonances.. Christ said “I am the word” and is described as “the word made flesh”
The idea of making simple pictures entirely with words and letters appeals to me. The “words” if you were able to read them.. have many individual meanings.. and every word conjures up a thought. I have deliberately obscured the individual meanings of the words to stop them detracting from the overall effect, because this is an image using words, not an image with words.

Available as a signed limited edition print in a number of sizes and print formats direct from me or unsigned prints can be purchased here.

Random Cells 5

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

An abstract digital work based on a simple drawing of circles

Available as a signed limited edition print direct from me or reproductions can be bought here.

Bugle2.jpg

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Colour Square 2a

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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Urban Mystic

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Please contact me to purchase signed limited edition prints.

This work is also available unsigned at Red Bubble,Fine Art America and Zazzle.

Stars and..jpg

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Boxes Windows 3.jpg

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Urban Mystic 4.jpg

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Ingleboro2

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Divided Cells2

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Martian City

andrew.mercer3@gmail.com (Andy Mercer) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT