Work samples

  • listening to nothing while driving
    listening to nothing while driving

    listening to nothing while driving / oil on canvas / 54" x 48"

     

    While commuting to work I noticed the bright sunlight reflecting on my dashboard through a blue gradient from the windshield.  A red metal bottle opener that I had forgot to take out of my truck casted a reflected light from below.  I thought this was very picturesque as I snapped a photo at a stop sign, saving the idea for later.  My radio had yet to start up fully, it always takes a minute, so it had accurately told me I was listening to nothing.

About Andrew

Born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Attended the Maryland Institute College of Art Class of '13 and Towson University for an MFA Class of '22.  Currently resides in Waverly.

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2021-22

These two years were difficult but an inspiration.  Lockdown was stifling but it allowed me to slow down and look at the small beauty that surrounded me. My work focuses on the beauty of everyday life, the small, inane spaces we lookover.  By focusing on these spaces I can expound my appreciation for the world as it is, faults and all.  Although the future may seem dim I want to write a love letter to every dirty sidewalk and tell them that I appreciated them while they lasted.

  • view from my studio
    view from my studio
    oil on panel 60" x 65"

2023

2023 was my first year out of grad school.  I was adjusting to having a studio in my basement and enjoying not having to have anymore homework for the rest of my life.  I still was focusing a lot on the ground.  There were funny, puzzling things down there.  Mud, cracks, reflections, wrappers, weeds.  They all deserved at least a little attention.

  • five bricks on a blue tarp
    five bricks on a blue tarp

2024

2024 I had started thinking about the horizon, tilting my head up from the ground.  This came with the reintroduction of the figure, my friend Sam.  We were out in the woods celebrating my friends upcoming engagement and we were searching for the source of an odd light peeking behind the trees.  Not sure if we found it.

  • the crown at the crown
    the crown at the crown