Fresh Paint

Andrew Eadington

For novice artists, the complications of working with oil paint can prove a testing obstacle, but for Andrew Eadington it’s a welcome opportunity to get his hands dirty. “Oil paint is definitely my medium,” he says with relish. “I enjoy the geeky complexity of the different drying times and transparencies, and also the thought of all these artists through history struggling in their own unique ways to deal with this weird stuff.”

He first fell for the medium after buying his first tube of paint, a Venetian Red from Old Holland. Taken aback by the strength of the pigment, he realised colour was something he wanted to explore was one of the highlights of the recent exhibition. was launched in 2012 by the Federation of British Artists with member artists selecting choice works from degree shows. It has evolved to become the UK’s largest annual survey of contemporary figurative art by emerging talents.