Lakey’s art makes sense because he creates imagery accessible at the primal level – seductive colors, sinuous lines, simple shapes - so elemental, yet so his own, that they appear recast in the realm of archetypes. This is an artist who can paint something as utterly simple as a circle and imbue it with such authenticity and original interpretation – that he can claim ownership of it at a fundamental level.

With the ironic fusion of systematic, repetitive processes and a total willingness to be intimate with simplicity and unconscious expression, Lakey has forged new relationships between the formal issues of art and design with the deeper psychological connections of human nature.

Though his career was slowed by a five-year health-related hiatus, Andrew Lakey has returned with a renewed passion for creating new and prodigious works that cover a multitude of projects.

While Lakey employs hieroglyphics like the “angel” as his leitmotif, the real power of his paintings is not so much the spiritual subject matter but the spirited energy that is derived from the intricate dance and the balancing act of lines, shapes and rune-like forms that define his work.

It is as if the iconic angel - a quintessential emblem – is leading us to deeper, more sensate truths of harmony, balance and positive outcome. Lakey dispels his inner struggles - not with angels that dominate his work currently - but with his art. Lakey’s icons provide an inviting entrance and a quickly identifiable starting point that lead to the real subtext of his work – a celebration of symbolism, design and color.