Andrew Lakey

Born 1959, in Chateauroux, France, artist Andrew Lakey is best known for his 2000 paintings of Angels, created between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 1999. Lakey is a painter, focusing on original works which includes angels, hearts, language, portraits, and flora and fauna color studies titled "Brilliant Nature" or, as this cycle is collectively called, "Unencountered." Without any formal training Lakey began a prodigious artistic odyssey, painting original works in a variety of media. Over two decades, he has produced thousands of paintings, sculptures, and drawings. In 1999, Lakey began to suffer chronic health issues from overexposure to toxins in paint, resulting in multiple and ongoing surgeries, and took a hiatus from his painting while focusing upon other outlets developing the "Unencountered" characters, including books of abstract art-poems. He still continues to paint, but wears protective gear for health reasons. Other projects (outside his artist's studio) include sculpture, drawing and directing films.