Sydney, Australia
Andrea Wilson
Painter
Andrea Wilson came to painting later in life, after three decades working as an architect - a career that sharpened her sensitivity to form, detail and the beauty of everyday objects. In 2017, she shifted her focus fully to painting, studying at the National Art School and the Julian Ashton Art School. What began as a creative curiosity quickly became a full-time practice.
Andrea describes her work as 'painterly contemporary realism', though her approach is intentionally fluid. She moves between still life, landscapes, animals, insects and portraits, allowing her subject matter to evolve and her techniques to evolve with it. Experimentation sits at the core of her practice, a refusal to settle into a single genre because, as she sees it, paintings exist everywhere, waiting to be noticed.
Today, Andrea continues to expand her body of work through exhibitions, competitions and ongoing study with artists she admires, each piece grounded in close observation and a deep respect for the act of looking.