Eddie Askew OBE 1927-2007

About Eddie

With his wife, Barbara, Eddie worked in India for fifteen years with The Leprosy Mission, a Christian medical charity. Later he became the charity’s International Director and travelled widely in five continents. He was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s 2000 Millennium Honours list, “for services to leprosy relief.”
He is also one of the UK’s best-selling Christian authors, illustrating his own books. With over 900,000 books in print, the profits of nearly £2 million so far, support the work of The Leprosy Mission. Part of the proceeds from the sale of paintings through this site will also support that work.

His painting philosophy:

  • Look well and simplify what you see
  • Identify the essence of the landscape
  • Stop before you need to.
  • Don’t allow detail to dictate.
  • The only time mistakes are made is when paint is being put onto paper, so do it as little as possible.
  • "If we are created in the image of the creator God we are created creative."

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