Lewis Andrews/ Abstract Art

Lewis Andrews moved to Leeds in 2016 to study a BA(Hons) in Fine Art at Leeds Arts University. After graduating in 2019, Lewis continued to work in Leeds. In 2022, Lewis completed his Postgraduate Fine Arts Degree also at Leeds Arts University, graduating with a Masters Degree in the Creative Arts. During his Master’s Degree, Lewis’s practice became deeply focused on the methodology of translating information and data from sources within science into artworks. Lewis has continued to work and build upon this method in his work, constructing a theory of working called ‘The Informative Encounter’.

Taking an interest in the structure and behaviour of atomic elements and particles, rather than transporting the viewer into the outer cosmos as seen in previous drawings, the Nuclei drawings zoom in on the components of everyday matter. A plural for nucleus, Nuclei attempt to open windows through these visual responses to data; the drawings attempt to capture and interpret atoms within their different forms, such as a standalone atom or bonding with another element.

Nuclei also link through to the ideas of the cellular nucleus through the use of the element Carbon within the drawings. Carbon acts as a backbone for the life of our planet due to the ease with which it can bond with other elements and make more complex particles. Through the same atoms present within the drawings, a connection to life forms in all their varieties across our planet is made.