For over five decades, Andrew McConnach has pursued painting as both an artistic and spiritual practice. His large-scale mandala oil paintings are the result of years of quiet dedication — each one a meditation on symmetry, movement, and light. Inspired by his travels across Europe and his lifelong fascination with geometry, Andrew’s work captures the stillness found within repetition and the beauty that emerges through patience and focus.
Andrew’s Open Studio offers visitors a rare chance to see his paintings in the space where they’re created. It’s an intimate glimpse into his process, surrounded by the light and quiet that inspire his work.
Andrew McConnach is a lifelong painter whose work explores the quiet dialogue between geometry, emotion, and light. Painting since the age of twelve, he has spent over five decades developing a distinctive visual language rooted in patience, precision, and spiritual awareness.
His large-scale mandala oil paintings are meditations on balance and time — each one created through months of layering and repetition. Since 2000, he has painted more than 45 square metres of canvas, transforming geometric form into living rhythm.
For more than fifty years, Andrew McConnach has explored the relationship between colour, rhythm, and balance through his art. Best known for his large-scale mandala oil paintings, his work captures a meditative sense of movement and harmony — each piece the result of patience, repetition, and quiet focus. Rooted in both spiritual reflection and technical precision, Andrew’s paintings invite viewers to pause and experience calm through colour and form.
For Andrew, painting is more than technique — it’s a form of meditation. Each mandala begins with a structure, a rhythm, and a single brushstroke that gradually unfolds into a balanced whole. His process is patient and deliberate, built through repetition and intuition rather than planning or speed.
The result is art that invites the viewer to slow down and reflect. The symmetry, colour, and scale of each piece evoke a sense of quiet energy — a reminder that balance and movement can exist together. Through his work, Andrew aims to translate the stillness of the creative process into something deeply felt and shared.
Art as meditation – rhythm as language.