About the artist

I’m Andrew Ignatius, a self-taught artist based in Glasgow. Until a few years ago, I didn’t really think of myself as an artist.

I started painting at 37, at my kitchen table, and it quickly became an important part of my life. I originally turned to art as a form of mindfulness - somewhere to put my attention when my head was particularly noisy. Painting gives me a rare opportunity to stop analysing and start making. Inevitably, some of that internal noise has found its way onto the canvas too.

I’m drawn to faces, people, and moments that carry some kind of feeling. I love strong colour, heavy lines, strange proportions, texture and paintings that retain some of the mess and energy of making them. I’m much more interested in how something feels than whether it looks perfect.

Everything here started with me sitting at a kitchen table and deciding to paint.

I like to take pictures of myself holding my finished work. In the age of AI, proof of human creation is more important than ever. And proof of human error is more valuable still.

A man with a beard and wearing a black jacket is holding a colorful painting of a woman with a distressed expression, her hands on her head, surrounded by words and phrases like "Doubt," "Repetition," and "What if?". Behind him, there are several framed artworks on a wall, including paintings of a boxer fight, a portrait, and landscapes.
A man with curly brown hair, a beard, and blue eyes is taking a selfie in front of a wall decorated with art. He is holding a colorful canvas featuring a mosaic-style portrait of a person's face. The wall has various framed pictures, mostly of birds,
A man with short hair and facial hair holding a framed watercolor portrait of himself, featuring expressive brushstrokes and vibrant colors.
A smiling man in a black Adidas jacket and shorts points to a display of colorful portrait artwork. The artwork features expressive faces painted in a variety of styles. The setting appears to be an art gallery or studio with other framed pieces visi
A man with short hair and a beard holding a colorful, abstract portrait painting of a woman's face with surprised or shocked expression, painted in a cubist style, signed with initials and dated 2026.
A man holding a colorful painting of two elderly women dancing in a kitchen, with a cityscape and moon visible through the window in the background.
A man holding a colorful painting of a sunset over a lake with mountains in the background, a path and grassy foreground, while standing in a room with art supplies and bookshelves.
Man holding a painting of a city street scene at night with colorful reflections on wet pavement and a woman in a red coat walking away.
A man standing next to an abstract portrait painting of a woman's face on an easel in an art studio. The man is wearing a light T-shirt with a graphic of a motorcycle and palm trees that says "Daytona Beach, Florida." The studio has books, art suppli
A man with short hair and a beard taking a selfie next to a colorful painting of a human face with blue and green tones, on a wooden easel. The background includes a white wall with artwork and a bookshelf.
A man with curly hair holding a spiral-bound sketchbook with a colorful drawing of a fox on it, partially covering his face.
Person holding a framed landscape painting with clouds in the sky and a field with trees and a dirt road.
A man with brown curly hair and a beard taking a selfie while holding up a painting of a pigeon dressed in a tuxedo with a red bow tie. The background includes a green wall with framed photographs, a lamp, and a birdcage.
A man with dark hair and a beard holding a framed colorful abstract painting of a person in a landscape with a blue sky, green trees, and a patterned ground.
A person with short curly hair and a beard taking a selfie with a colorful portrait of an elderly woman with a rainbow-colored headscarf behind them.