{"id":678,"date":"2025-10-27T12:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/?page_id=678"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:43:14","slug":"honouring-andy-stahl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/index.php\/honouring-andy-stahl\/","title":{"rendered":"Honouring Andy Stahl"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-677 .fg-image { width: 270px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-677 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-shadow-medium fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-preset fg-brad fg-preset-small fg-preset fg-brad fg-preset-small\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-677\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 0; --fg-description-line-clamp: 0;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/517700361_1359106966218441_5337185169855543062_n.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"514\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"230\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/10\/517700361_1359106966218441_5337185169855543062_n\/1477263336.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22230%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20230%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/523751035_1359107002885104_7099898469910984211_n.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"515\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"230\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/10\/523751035_1359107002885104_7099898469910984211_n\/424425833.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22230%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20230%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/535593105_1383670920428712_5783129777873839624_n.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"516\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"230\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/cache\/2025\/10\/535593105_1383670920428712_5783129777873839624_n\/3072812189.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22230%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20230%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andy Stahl &#8211; <br>From a chance photo at a lunch, one time in London &#8230;<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first painting of 2026, was my first entry to the Royal Academy of arts summer exhibition,the biggest open art event in the world. This is a promise I made to my uncle and also a very personal painting for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil on canvas, size 19.5&#8243;x29.5&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8216;From Shadow to Light&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This painting is a quiet confession.<br>I am suspended on a swing, caught between two worlds \u2014 darkness behind me, light and joy ahead, naked, free from masking and armour. The swing represents instability: the constant motion between fear and hope, collapse and recovery. There is no solid ground beneath my feet, only momentum and trust.<br>The darkness is not evil; it is familiar. It holds anxiety, exhaustion, and the weight of thoughts that return again and again. The light, by contrast, is not certainty. It is fragile, tentative, and earned through movement rather than arrival.<br>My fragility is not hidden here. It is central. The swing could stop at any moment. I could fall backward or forward. Yet I continue to move.<br>This work is about mental health not as a destination, but as a process \u2014 the courage it takes to keep swinging, even when the body trembles, even when the light feels far away.<br>Hope, in this painting, is not loud.<br>It is simply the choice to keep going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/From-Shadow-To-Light-687x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/From-Shadow-To-Light-687x1024.jpeg 687w, https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/From-Shadow-To-Light-201x300.jpeg 201w, https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/From-Shadow-To-Light-768x1146.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/From-Shadow-To-Light-1030x1536.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/edstahlfineart.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/From-Shadow-To-Light.jpeg 1072w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy Stahl &#8211; From a chance photo at a lunch, one time in London &#8230; My first painting of 2026, was my first entry to the Royal Academy of arts summer exhibition,the biggest open art event in the world. 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