Andy Cropper 🎨🏳️‍🌈

@andycropperart.bsky.social

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A painter of night-time cityscapes and landscapes with uncanny atmospheres of eerie uncertainty. Sheffield, UK My 'link in bio' 👉 https://bio.site/andycropperart Husband to Nigel 👬 https://bsky.app/profile/sheffcitynigel.bsky.social

Show - Tarantella

4 small paintings of views of Sheffield's Little London Road

Small painting on table surface
Painting shows a night scene of Railings and pavement, with a warehouse and looming tree silhouettes in thd background

Horizontal painting of Daisies by roadside

Andy is this time painting looking towards a dimly lit road surrounded by trees

Andy sat on bench, in a typical Sheffield terrace back yard

Andy us sat with his easel looking at a 3 tree filled roundabout. It's night

Andys sat looking at a wooded space and path .. to the side is a large white object with 2 bits standing up looking like ears

Andy is sat on tarmac, by the side of a pavement. Double yellow lines is can be seen. In the middle of a kerb a small daisy-bush can be seen

Andy sat painting near some traffic lightd

Me pointing to red dot next to painting

Andy is sat outside, at night on the opposite side of the road to a busstop with his easel and brushs

Andy stands with his small painting on the wall beside him

Andy holds a painting
A scene of an urban roundabout with trees on at night

Andy stood in kitchen holding 4 packages

It's nighttime. We're inside an attic room. Andy is holding up a light illuminating a small painting he is working on. He is positioned to look outside a window at a view of the city and its rooftops

Andy is sat beside a roundabout. At the centre are a collection of trees all in shadow as it's night.

A dark silhouette of Andy sits on front of an easel... in thevmid grounds and background can be seen the city of Sheffield at night

Andy sat an easier on a stool by a crossroads, starting to paint. It's nighttime

image: Tai is sat with Andy and they both are looking into the distance in mid conversation. It's an incredibly bright and warm summer's day

Thrilled to share that I’ll be appearing on Sky Arts Landscape Artist Of The Year 2026 Artist of the Year in the first episode airing next week.

📺 Broadcast details:
Wednesdays at 8pm on Sky Arts, Freeview channel 36, and Now TV.

🎨 Episode schedule:
Heat 1 - Derwentwater - Wed 14 Jan
Heat 2 - St James’ Park - Wed 21 Jan
Heat 3 - Dover Ferry Port - Wed 28 Jan
Heat 4 - Skiddaw Mountain - Wed 4 Feb
Heat 5 - HMS Wellington - Wed 11 Feb
Heat 6 - Dover Castle - Wed 18 Feb
Semi-final - Wed 25 Feb
Final - Wed 4 Mar
Winner’s Film - Wed 4 Mar & 18 Mar
Best Of - Wed 11 Mar

My episode is Heat 1, filmed in the astonishing beauty of the Lake District near Keswick, Cumbria.

🎤 Hosted by Stephen Mangan www.instagram.com/realstephenmangan

🎨 Judged by Eva Langret www.instagram.com/evalangret
Tai Shan Schierenberg www.instagram.com/taishanschierenberg
Kathleen Soriano www.instagram.com/kathleen.soriano

🎥 Huge thanks to Farrah, Nic, and the team at Storyvault Films www.instagram.com/storyvaultfilms for their care and clarity throughout.

Just a gentle reminder: I can’t share details about artworks, placings, or filming specifics.

No nudges in the comments or DMs, thanks.

#landscapeartistoftheyear #laoty #skyarts #storyvaultfilms #artistinspiration #creativejourney #derwentwater #keswick #cumbria #paintinglife #artbroadcast #behindthescenes

In the corner of a white gallery space you can see Andy being interviewed by Karen Sherwood, owner of Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield. They are sat in front of Andy's large minimal blue painting "Blue Hour". An audience is listening.

A view of the gallery and paintings

With words underneath:
It's the last day of my show at Cupola Contemporary Art
Closing at 6pm

Andy is stood in front of his painting 'Golden Mist', a nighttime view of an apartment complex at night lit by luminous sodium light surrounded by mist and street lights.