Exhibition opening 15 June in Liverpool at the Corke Gallery (til end of July) – paintings by Andrew Marr, the former BBC political editor.  These paintings were made after his stroke, when his style changed from representational to vivid coloured mostly nonrepresentational or still life. Artworks are priced from £375 upwards, with proceeds going to the Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury.

“My temperament has loosened up since the stroke – I’m very aware that we’re only on this planet for a very short period of time – I am much less tolerant of losing a day or losing an hour – I want to be in the moment and therefore when it comes to painting, I want to be more extreme.”

At the point of choosing a career, Andrew Marr could have gone to Art School but chose journalism, so he has a lifelong interest in art.  Using his journalistic and intelligent mindset, Andrew made a documentary about his stroke experience called “Me and my brain”.  There is a short video clip from it viewable on the UK BBC website at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04sj1fm

In this clip, you can see him at his neighbour (Zandra’s) house where she lets him use one room as his painting studio.