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Lewis Andrews/ Seascapes

Lewis Andrews is a Fine Artist based in Leeds, United Kingdom. His work specialises in dealing with complex thoughts, ideas and facts within nature and science. Some explore those in which we seem to be overshadowed and overpowered in comparison by the vast distances, size or quantities. Others investigate moments of extreme power, creation and rebirth on a molecular scale or on a scale comparable to that of the universe. Questioning our relationships, place and role within the universe, environment and natural spaces. Lewis moved to Leeds in 2016 to study a BA(Hons) in Fine Art at Leeds Arts University graduating in July 2019. In 2022, Lewis completed his Postgraduate Fine Arts Degree also at Leeds Arts University, graduating with a Masters in the Creative Arts. Lewis has participated in exhibitions up and down the United Kingdom and Internationally.

Inspired by theories of the sublime written by Edmund Burke, the 'Oceanic Sublime' series aims to document the moments when nature displays great power and dominance. Giant waves, vast sea storms, and chaotic breaks can all lead to emotions similar to those of the sublime. Enjoying being within a sense of wonder and awe caused by an immense display of power and horror. The ocean has stimulated countless emotions over the centuries. Standing upon the shore with his camera, Lewis's 'Oceanic Sublime' photographic works were captured along the Cornish coast of South West England where the waves coming straight off the North Atlantic displayed their incredible might and power. “The passion caused by the great and the sublime in nature, when those causes operate most powerfully, is Astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror” Edmund Burke, ‘A Philosophical Enquiry...’, 1757.


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