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Barry is a UK based Welsh Artist born in Merthyr Tydfil and currently residing and working near the market town of Hay-On-Wye in the Welsh Marches. His work is currently focusing on a collection of contemporary atmospheric Welsh Landscapes employing an alchemy of inks, pigments, solutions, soot, ash, charcoal, found media, tannin, metal powders, beeswax, graphite and anything else that happens to fall in his path . . .
"I fully admit to ‘ most ‘ of my explorations ending with myself and an embarrassing amount of ruined paper laying in a soggy blackened heap in the corner ! I am forever grasping at shadows , waiting for the faint outline of a hill or bank of trees to emerge from the chaos and disorder of my alchemy of solutions , and all too often loosing it again as it dries and moves past that perfect point I was chasing !“
NEWS . . . JANUARY 2026
My Large Format Processing , Edition Creation and Printing has recently been expertly undertaken by Colourfast Editions of Risbury in Herefordshire . They are specialists in artwork photography and superior quality Archival Printing for Artists , Photographers and Sculptors throughout Herefordshire, the West Midlands and the Welsh borders . . . and offer an individual and bespoke service using the latest professional imaging and archival inkjet printing technology for those seeking the highest fidelity , precise colour matching and most accurate reproduction . They are also happy to work with print ready files when required . . .
Thanks to their relentless commitment and extraordinary attention to detail I am now delighted to be able to offer full and half size prints from some of the Imperial Ink Paintings featured on my Originals page ( No one has previously ever been able to successfully reproduce these including myself and available prints have been added to my Shop page ! ) I couldnt recommend anyone more highly so any other creatives out there do drop them a line to make an appointment !
Colourfast Editions . . . www.colourfasteditions.co.uk . . . 01568 572072
Hawthorn Gallery
About Hawthorn
Hawthorn is a contemporary gallery in the Welsh Marches market town of Hay-on-Wye. It is the personal gallery and permanent exhibition space of UK based Welsh Artist Barry Martin-Andrews. It also offers a changing selection of Art & Archival Prints, unique Jewellery, Woodturning, Leatherwork, Glassware, Pottery & Ceramics, Art and Occasions Cards and Guest Stands from other local Artisans and Makers.
“ There is a state of raised awareness at night that I find exhilarating . . . a familiar sight can be re-cast with a whole new set of airs, feelings and emotions that simply do not occur to you in the light of day. I have several times nearly scared myself lifeless at the nocturnal motions and reverberating sounds of what later presented itself as merely a wandering sheep, badger, deer or stag, feral dog, wild boar or hill pony. The dark plays tricks . . . and the senses, innately and inherently open to the possibility of threat or danger in the darkness . . . in the ‘unseen’ . . . are most alive at night “
Barry Martin-Andrews
Contact
Barry Martin-Andrews
Hawthorn
Manchester House
3 Castle Street
Hay-On-Wye
HR3 5DF
Hawthorn Gallery
General Opening Hours
Monday to Saturday - 10am till 5pm
Appointments available by arrangement