"The landscapes I have in mind belong to the world that lies visibly about us. They are unseen merely because they are not perceived".
Paul Nash
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Biography
Andrew Payne was born in Bedford, England in 1952. After completing a postgraduate course at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, he eventually returned to live in his home town of Bedford.
He has been pursuing an ongoing photographic study of the water in the landscape around Bedford since 1983, but from 1997 has concentrated in particular on photographing the surface of the River Ouse which runs through the town.His work is found in both public and private collections in the U.K. His most recent project was a commission for artworks for the new office building of the international information and media company McGraw-Hill, at Canary Wharf in London.
More details of the work can be found on the Axis website.
Recent exhibitions (1995 to 2004)
| 2004 | Liquid Light, BCA Gallery, Bedford |
| 2003 | Labyrinth of Light: Zone Zero, National Center of the Arts, Mexico City |
| 2003 | islingtonpeople.com Digital Arts Exhibition, Islington Museum, London |
| 2002 | Design & Artists Copyright Society Exhibition, CISAC Congress, London |
| 2001 | Water, Land and Light - Bedfordshire County Council Exhibition programme |
| 2000 | NYAD2000 - dfn Gallery, New York |
| 1999 | The Cusp Gallery, Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire |
| 1998 | Water, Water Everywhere - Cupola Gallery, Sheffield |
| 1997 | Summer Exhibition, Will's Art Warehouse, London |
| 1996 | Our Bedford - Bedford Museum |
| 1995 | In the Water - Morley Gallery, London |