artist and painter of enduring vitality, has created important pictures for almost 15 years. He is widely acknowledged to have a "gift", and to be a draftsman of genius with a beautiful brush stroke that expresses both impulsive energy and reflective thought encompassing the mask, myth and totems". Arts writer Peter Anderson commented on Andrews' paintings in the Courier Mail article "Exploring a Modernist Tropical Garden": "Garry Andrews-whose exhibition "The Landscape Ghost" is at Gilchrist Galleries, has spent most of the past two decades painting and exhibiting in Far North Queensland and it shows. While he's clearly been influenced by abstract expressionists such as Pollock and Arshile Gorky, his years in the north, (both Townsville and Cairns are also clearly in evidence)". Anderson elaborates..."In a rich palette of deep blues, greens and oranges, Andrews manipulates a set relatively simple motifs to create works that seem to mimic the play of light and shadow, positive and negative space, that one often finds deep in the rainforest." Anderson summarises that: " While it is possible to describe Andrews as a landscape painter...his way of working seems to be more about capturing an underlying essence, rather than any particular scene". In 1982 and 1986 Andrews studied at the McGregor Summer School, USQ Toowoomba, under Colin Lancely and Andrew Sibley respectively. Garry Andrews was a finalist in the Jupiters Art Awards exhibitions at the Gold Coast Art Gallery in 1997,1998. His work was included in the 2002 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Exhibition which toured to many regional centres in 2003. Sources Drury, Nevill: "New Art Seven | Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art", Craftsman House, Roseville, 1992,p. 14 The Brisbane Courier Mail,"Outrage as David told to cover up".Page 1, 17.February 1995 Wilson, Katherine:"Kick arse, Kick start, Kick arts". Voice, December 1993 Adams, Jeanie, Commentary:"The Fish John West Regrets". Art Monthly, October 1993,pp. 27,28,29 Hoffie, Pat-from the catalogue for the exhibition "No Emergency" Fine Art Honours and MAVA students Queensland College of Arts,Griffith University, 2004. Anderson, Peter: "Exploring a Modernist Tropical Garden" The Courier Mail, Arts, 25.11.98 p. 42 Anderson, Peter: "Tim Morrell | Interviewed by Peter Anderson" QAA Newsletter December 1993,p. 10 Drury, Nevill: "New Art Seven | Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art", Craftsman House, Roseville, 1992,p. 14 Saint Martin, Ann : "The Tyranny of Distance" Cairns RAG Newsletter, January 1993, p. 5 Saint Martin, Ann : "The Tyranny of Distance" Cairns RAG Newsletter, January