RAYMOND ANDREWS (b. 1948)
Sita
1975
painted and incised wood panel
edition 65/65
91 x 137 cm
BIOGRAPHY
Born East London in 1948, Raymond Andrews studied at the East London Technical College under Jack Lugg and later at the Johannesburg Art School, where he met Cecil Skotnes, worked under Ernest Ullmann.
In 1968, he joined Professor Walter Battis’s staff at UNISA Art Department as an assistant and external tutor in graphic arts, and, from 1973–1974, taught woodcut printing and serigraphy Pretoria University Art Department.
He has held numerous solo shows in South Africa and abroad and his work is included in many national and international collections.
While he has worked in many media, his chosen medium is engraved or incised and painted wooden panels. His subject is humankind, myths and iconic African imagery.
Of his work, Andrews says, ‘If at all I attempt to convey a message, it is simply to remind one of forgotten dreams, hopes and aspirations and of the potential we all have to live in a state of gratitude, celebration and grace.’