Episode 36 - Andrew Cheddie Sookrah

Art Conversations with Lisa Jayne Irvine

Andrew Cheddie Sookrah is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists (Lifetime, Mentor), Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Ontario Society of Artists, and the Portrait Society Of Canada.

Andrew was a contestant in the finals of Landscape Artists Of The Year Canada Competition; episodes can be streamed on CBC tv GEM Documentaries. Andrew teaches online at the McMichael Gallery of Canadian Art, The Barrie Arts Club and The Richmond Hill Art School.

His body of work includes landscapes and figurative work in abstracted realism, porcelain sculpture and social commentary. He is a raw colourist whose free brushwork is confident and powerful. Varied subjects are presented in his exploration of the interconnectivity of everything. Andrew’s strengths are evident in his strong sense of design, exquisite use of effective composition, confident presentation of bold colours.

Andrew has gone on several painting expeditions including to the Arctic, Gros Morne, Killarney, and Algonguin Park.

On today’s episode Andrew talks about his love of landscape, his 2012 Nuit Blanche project and how teaching informs his practice as an artist.

Interested in seeing some of Andrew’s work. Go to their website at www.sookrah.ca

Find Andrew on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/andrew_cheddie_sookrah/

Find me on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/artconversationswithlisajayne/ or at my website at www.lisajayneirvine.com