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What is Light Painting?

Lightpainting is a form of photography where light trails are captured in long exposures; like making shapes with sparklers on Bonfire night.
I deliver interactive lightpainting sessions with participants of all ages at events across the world. I have 50 or so ‘Light Brushes’ and encourage lots of audience participation, allowing people of any ability to create amazing portraits and vibrant abstract light paintings. I also use programmable LED wands which can add text or any digital images in to the shots. This is great for branding or personal messages.
Each image takes around 20 seconds to 1 minute to create. The developing image appears in real-time on a tablet screen or projector so the results are instantly viewable to everyone.

How it can work at your event

We can set up in almost any environment. We’ve painted with lights on dancefloors, under trees, in foyers and in giant auditoriums. We can even run our experience as a walkabout at your event.

Traditionally lightpainting requires a very dark environment. However I have recently developed techniques which allow me to take amazingly rich photos in relatively bright environments. Every image created is a wonderful, dreamlike collage of colours. This is really liberating and means that I can now work in many more situations than ever before. We can also bring an inflatable blackout tent. It’s 5m square and 4.5m tall.
If you are interested in having lightpainting at your event then please drop me a line or give me a call to discuss how it might work for you.

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Beardy Man

Keiko poses in my studio

Stripey Folk

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Spaceman at Blue Lagoon

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Festival Girls

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Abstract Swirls

My Skeleton

Recreating Steel Foudry at a Merthyr School

Sailor Man

Afrika Eye kids

The Holder of the Key

Emily poses at Greenman festival

Wedding lights

Keiko in lights

Keiko

WOMAD lion – click to see the animation

Festival Girls

Brecon Jazz workshop

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Aston Court Wedding Shoot

Brecon Jazz 30th Bithday

Ripton Lindsay

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What people say about my work

The magical concept of drawing with light becomes  a wonderful reality with Andy O’Rourke’s light drawing sessions. Working in the dark presents an opportunity for freedom of expression whether you’re five or fifty five and the captured moments are both beautiful, cool and compelling.

Annie MenterWomad Foundation

For some years now I have employed Andy of Malarky Arts to run his light painting experience at Green Man festival and events at Ashton Court Estate. His work is innovative and unique which adds that extra kudos to the events, plus the clients love the images.  I’d also add we love the way Andy is ‘discreet’ in how he operates so that he never interferes with the parties, he’s always early, fully prepared and provides what we or our client needs without fuss.  He is a pleasure to work with.

Emily WilliamsAshton Court Estate, Bristol

Our friends suggested we go along to a light painting workshop by Andy O’ Rourke (not Andy Rourke former bassist with the Smiths). It was one of our highlights as we created pictures using a host of handheld lights and torches. I won’t go into how it’s done as I don’t understand it but hasten to say it was great fun and the results were astonishing!

Caroline GilbertFestivalkidz.com
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Here's an experiment. I generated a face using AI and then squirted it at a canvas using just spray paint.
Happy new year folks.
Here's my tribute to Fred Isaacs and the Windrush generation. Commissioned by Carl Connikie, the Black Pill Facebook group and part funded by NCC
Painted over 2 very chilly days this week.
Day 1 of a new mural in Pill. Effing freezing, but I was toasty in my onesie.
Here's a perspective bending commission for an area for the teachers to chill out at Crownbridge school.

Recent Posts

  • Royal Glamorgan Hospital Mural15/11/2022 - 8:47 pm

    A mural at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital commemorating the lives of two valued colleagues of the A&E department

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  • Charles Williams Mural16/10/2022 - 8:59 pm

    I was asked by the PTA of Charles Williams School to create a mural reflecting some of the species found in the school site. It was a lovely place to paint, and the staff, kids and parents made me feel really welcome. I love painting giant snails and wildflowers. I also got the chance to […]

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  • Fantasy Mural06/12/2021 - 3:35 pm

    This mural was a commissioned work for a kids party room at Cwmbran Stadium.

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