Artist Andrew Reid Wildman

My works are based on a fusion of photography and painting, using acrylic paintwork and collage. I paint urban scenes, usually of decaying buildings which fascinate me. They symbolise loneliness, tenacity and nostalgia but despite this my works are often joyful, frequently featuring vivid blue skies. My work is unusual, demonstrating an expressive, childlike yet urban style. I seek to merge the borders of photography which represents reality, into my own painting, my world of imagination, so that the two become one. I add fragments of old advertising, usually from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, as these symbolise a link to my own past or to the world of my family before I was born. In this way a building in a state of decay is contrasted to a time past when it was vibrant. I am repeatedly drawn to brickwork, which for me symbolises solidity and a sense of belonging, Englishness and permanence. This is a reaction to my own troubled childhood when my family moved from Yorkshire to Luxembourg in 1974, leaving me feeling rootless. From this trauma my art stems and it is for this reason that my work has a uniquely youthful and naïve quality. I have been successful as an artist, selling over 100 works within the last two years, mostly through my site at www.artgallery.co.uk or through art fairs.

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Superb. This artist has received the highest accolade artgallery can bestow - they are considered a superb artist both through feedback from customers and from artgallery's own relationship with the artist. Our customers are delighted with this artist's work and their ability to deliver on time. Artgallery has had many positive experiences with this artist and is delighted to recommend them very highly.

Maison Bertaux: Large Scale Size: 14.00" x 18.00" Price: £60.00 Sold	Tangier, Morocco: Alleyway Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00	Morocco: Tangiers, Hotel Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00
Morocco: a Doorway in Tangiers Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00	Camden: Chinese Restaurant Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00	Soho: Maison Bertaux 6 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00
Southall: Jalebi Junction Size: 7.80" x 7.80" Price: £28.00	Southall; Red Shop Size: 8.10" x 8.10" Price: £25.00	Southall; Green Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00
York: Chocolate Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00	Camden: Dark Angel Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00	Edinburgh, Leith Walk: Seeing Double Size: 12.00" x 10.00" Price: £30.00
York: Fancy Dress Shop 2 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00	Edinburgh, Leith Walk: Bread Shop Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £25.00	Edinburgh, Leith Walk: Game Shop Size: 7.80" x 7.80" Price: £30.00
Stoke Newington: Green Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00	Hull; Albert Hall Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £25.00	Scotland: Bridgend, Islay Size: 7.90" x 7.90" Price: £25.00
Margate: Walpole Bay Hotel Size: 10.00" x 8.00" Price: £60.00	Margate: Joke Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00	Sheerness: Kebab Shop Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £25.00
Walthamstow, Blue Cake Shop Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £27.00	Walthamstow, Hallal Shop Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £28.00	Hull, Barber's Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00
Closed Up Shop, Liverpool Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £25.00	Brick Lane: Derelict Building Size: 10.00" x 12.00" Price: £30.00	Walthamstow Hoe Street Size: 12.00" x 12.00" Price: £40.00
Walthamstow Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00	Tel Aviv Bauhaus Villa Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £26.00	Ice Cream Shop, North Yorkshire Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £27.00
Normandy Farm House Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	York: Shambles Size: 15.00" x 15.00" Price: £60.00 Sold	Indian Bus; Himalayas Size: 9.00" x 12.00" Price: £30.00 Sold
Small White House, East Yorkshire Coast Size: 12.00" x 10.00" Price: £30.00 Sold	Edinburgh, Leith Walk: Record Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00 Sold	Edinburgh, Leith Walk: Cafe Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold
York: Little Betty's Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £30.00 Sold	French Country House (Private Commission) Size: 12.00" x 12.00" Price: £40.00 Sold	Scotland: Little House in the Woods Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold
Edinburgh: Chip Shop 2 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00 Sold	Soho: Maison Bertaux 4 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00 Sold	Tel Aviv: Allenby 1948 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £28.00 Sold
Notting Hill: Outside Cafe Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Walthamstow, Cafe Aroma Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £30.00 Sold	Sheerness, Tea Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold
Hull, Somali Cafe Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £27.00 Sold	Newagents, Liverpool 2 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £35.00 Sold	Newagents, Liverpool 1 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold
Hull Fancy Dress Shop Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £28.00 Sold	District Line Size: 10.00" x 12.00" Price: £28.00 Sold	Brick Lane: Worlds Collide Size: 12.00" x 12.00" Price: £40.00 Sold
Soho: Lorelei Coffee Bar Size: 10.00" x 12.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	French Cottage in Normandy Size: 12.00" x 12.00" Price: £45.00 Sold	French Institute, South Kensington Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold
Soho Red Lights Size: 10.00" x 12.00" Price: £26.00 Sold	Tea Rooms, Honfleur Size: 10.00" x 12.00" Price: £28.00 Sold	Last Tube Home Size: 10.00" x 8.00" Price: £35.00 Sold
Honfleur Shop Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Brick Lane: Beigel Bakery Size: 10.00" x 12.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Fancy Dress Shop, York Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £35.00 Sold
Chocolate Shop, Honfleur Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00 Sold	Off Licence, North Yorkshire Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Sweetie Shop, North Yorkshire Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £25.00 Sold
Fruit Shop, Hull Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £27.50 Sold	Italian Restaurant, Fitzrovia Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Tea Shop, Malton Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £27.00 Sold
Robin Hood's Bay, Ice Cream Shop Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £35.00 Sold	Cafe Rouge Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £27.00 Sold	House in Chelsea Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00 Sold
Waterloo East Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £27.00 Sold	Essex Suburbia Size: 10.00" x 12.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Back View of Edwardian Cottage Size: 10.00" x 8.00" Price: £35.00 Sold
Terraced Houses Near Waterloo Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £35.00 Sold	Berwick Street, Soho Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £40.00 Sold	Houses in Waterloo Size: 14.00" x 10.00" Price: £50.00 Sold
Postcard Teas Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £28.00 Sold	Roupell Street, Waterloo, London Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £20.00 Sold	Barber's Shop, Leyton, E15 Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £45.00 Sold
Maison Bertaux in Soho 2 Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £20.00 Sold	Central Wine, Walthamstow Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £40.00 Sold	Taste of Spice, Soho Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £40.00 Sold
Patisserie Valerie Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £40.00 Sold	The Bass Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Algerian Coffee Store in Soho Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £40.00 Sold
Konditor and Cook Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £40.00 Sold	Maison Bertaux in Soho Size: 9.00" x 12.00" Price: £25.00 Sold	Big Red London Bus Size: 9.80" x 11.00" Price: £60.00 Sold
Indian Buses Size: 12.00" x 10.00" Price: £35.00 Sold	Indian Taxi Size: 12.00" x 9.00" Price: £35.00 Sold	Stratford, E15 Size: 12.00" x 10.00" Price: £45.00 Sold
Hull Terraced House Size: 12.00" x 12.00" Price: £50.00 Sold	Coffee Shop in Newark Size: 8.00" x 10.00" Price: £35.00 Sold	Abandoned Pub Size: 8.00" x 8.00" Price: £30.00 Sold
Glasgow Tenement Size: 10.00" x 8.00" Price: £40.00 Sold

94 artworks.