Olympic Fever!

This summer has been a truly fantastic time for British sports, with the Olympics been held in London, athletes were performing on home turf with the amazing support of the home crowd. You didn’t need to be in the Olympic Village to have caught Olympic fever! Team GB did us proud at the Olympics and Paralympics (which has just come to a close) coming third place in both. And being from Sheffield, I must not forget to mention Team Yorkshire! If Yorkshire were a country we would have come twelfth in the medals table. It has been a great year to be British, and wonderful to see everyone embrace being British and taking part in the Olympics one way or the other.

Which brings me to the artist Andy Farr. One day last week I was walked past a shop in Sheffield, which had some paintings in the window that were representations of Olympic athletes. Instantly eye-catching and recognisable I had to stop and admire a painting of Usain Bolt sprinting and the GB cycling team sprint. The abstract images illustrated the various athletes in action, demonstrating a dynamic quality. On my return home I did my research and found that Andy Farr has done a whole series of paintings inspired by the Olympic athletes. The exhibition called Rhythms, represents a range of Olympic sports and athletes, past and present, and shows how each sport has ‘a unique rhythm.’

I thought this was a wonderful way to be part of the Olympics and the paintings Andy Farr created were very true representations of the athletes.

Faster inspired by Usain Bolt

Velocity inspired by cycling sprint team

All images are from andyfarr.com where more of his work can be found.