Pochade Studies - Pocket Pictures

The word 'pochade' comes from the French for 'pocket'. Pochade or pocket paintings, are small intimate studies designed to capture the immediacy and essence of a scene, whether it is colour, shape, or movement.

Andrew’s pochade painting box is never far from him, as inspiration can strike at any time. It could be the colours on the creek noticed on the school run or the way the light reflects through the rain on the town street when dashing to the shop in the late afternoon or simply one of the chickens grazing outside the studio. The pochade box offers an immediate way to constantly record information and the ‘first graspings’ which often lead onto new subject matter.

A voracious reader and student of art history and technique,  Andrew threads his vast knowledge through these thoroughly modern, small joyful pieces which are a celebration of little fleeting moments of beauty that Andrew sees around him.

These pocket pictures are an intimate insight into Andrew’s thought process both as a painter and as a spectator of the world around him.