Andrew Reid Wildman

Shop Fronts, Hull, England

Sunken Boat, Corfu, Europe

Tucked away in the south of France, in a street that smells of dust and lavender and soap is a little shop, a perfect little shop, selling chocolate and confectionary, scenting the entrance with sweetness, enticing us, bewitching us. As the sacred hour of lunch approaches, the streets clear, leaving me alone in the strong heat. I want to capture the shadow and the light, to immortalize it. This work is rich in colour and mood, seeped in mystery too. A perfect gift, a wonderful souvenir of France.

Red American House

English Town Houses

Adorable kittens in a basket

Edwin Davis Building, Hull, England

Central Hull Pub, England

Synagogue, England

A lovely white stuccoed shop, a barber’s, sits quietly in the light of dawn, waiting for customers. The street is deserted, the windows hinting only at life within. I liked the patchwork of colours, squares of white, of milky coffee, lines of pink and blue. The sky is warm, suggesting a hot day to come, a day full of hope and joy. This work would make a wonderful gift and a great addition to any collection.

Railway Station, England

East London, England

A View of London Victorian Architecture

Paris Building, France

A View of Honfleur, France

A View of London Victorian Architecture

American House, USA

A View of London Victorian Architecture

A View of Modernist Architecture London

French Countryside In Winter

A favorite walk, a place of constant return, unchanging, the gentle assurance of history and memory. Here I find a wonderful café with cream cakes and silver tea pots and faded, retro beauty, A portal to another decade, to another time. I am transfixed by the blue and the pink stucco, and by the vivid colors of the shop fronts. This is my secret corner of London that forever belongs to me. The painting is a wonderful gift of London and a perfect addition to any collection.

A house with blue shutters, the table ready for guests, baking outside in the sun. Cushions of blue, turquoise and white, overhanging branches laden with scented foliage, purple and pink flowers, perfumed and fresh, buzzing with bees in search of nectar. The walls are stone, a light hue reminiscent of the ancient world that once stood here, on the pine covered shores of the Mediterranean. We can hear the gentle lapping of the waves, calm and shimmering, hot sand on bare feet and a delicious freedom. This work makes a wonderful gift, a perfect addition to any collection.

Autumn (Fall) Leaves

South Tel Aviv, Israel

Another Bauhaus In Tel Aviv

Southside, Edinburgh

Paris Apartments, France

My walk took me further away from the heart of the New Town, past Scotland Street, and Broughton Street, down to an area of secret parks and gardens and streets that seem to have fallen off the grand design, ending suddenly in a wall of railings and trees. A certain austerity creeps in, a Scottish solidity, pure and simple and strong. I admire this block of flats, built of large chunks of stone, with high windows and high ceilings. I marvel at the softness of the colours on the interior walls, little triangles seen from the street. The sky too is pure, blue, deep, cool. I wanted to capture that light, and the golden colours. This work is rich in detail and realism. It is an ideal gift, and a perfect addition to any collection of Scottish...

A View of Honfleur, France

A corner of London, where the light bounces off the white stucco and the sky is a cool blue, jacket weather, air that bites. A day of freedom, a day of walking and exploring, seeking out quiet streets, forgotten it seems, but the day is early. This work depicts a café on a street corner, a gentle game of shadow and light, seeped in blue and white. A perfect souvenir of London.

High Street, Hull, England

A secular pilgrimage long dreamed of and finally arrived, a place of wonder, of longing fulfilled and reawakened too. It felt so vast, that I could travel for days, weeks even and never reach the end. My own American dream was formed by 1970s dramas, films, books and fantasies, a land of palm trees and long streets, of huge cities where I could lose myself in a maze of teeming neighbourhoods of promise. Having arrived, finally, jet lagged and redolent of long haul travel, I set out to explore this promised land. I fell in love with the signage, tatty, dated, a reminder of my own 1970s American dream. This work is rich in bright colour, youthful and joyful, with close attention to detail. A great gift, a wonderful collection starter.

A View Of Iceland

A View of London Victorian Architecture

As the afternoon reaches its peak, the golden Edinburgh stone radiates magic, a bewitching magic that mesmerizes us and fills us with longing. A rare treat indeed is such a day of summer, a day when we can walk in our shirtsleeves and feel the gentle caress of heat. Above, a wide, blue Scottish sky, and from far, far beyond the city, comes the scent of the mountains, fresh and floral. I linger in the stillness of this crescent, memories of yesteryear my only companion. A perfectly symmetrical row of houses, jewels of Georgian design, havens of timeless beauty in the city. This work is rich in light, full of satisfying detail and fresh, vivid colour. A perfect gift an ideal souvenir of Scotland’s splendid capital city.

I took a last walk around this area of Edinburgh. The sun was shining again, the heat palpable, and in the air I detected the familiar tang of the hops from the breweries, several miles away. I walked on the quiet street, at the southern fringe of the New Town, fascinated by the symmetry and the evocative implicity of the Georgian buildings. I wanted to capture the play between the light, the colour of the stone, and the splashes of white from the painted walls and window frames. This work is a beautiful souvenir of a Scottish summer, a great gift and a perfect collection to any collection of Edinburgh artwork.