Andy Dearwater
My Folded Paper series, though more abstract, is essentially about the same things as I concern myself with in my more traditional work from Mexico: The careful selection of shape and color to create light and space. My work is an attempt to create a thing of beauty and peace.
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Selected Works
Biography
Andy received his BFA in painting in 1982 from the Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio. After working 30 years as an illustrator and graphic designer as well as running his design firm Dearwater Design for 25 years, he started painting again, for himself. He has traveled to Ireland and Catalina Island, California to paint on location, and enjoys painting urban scenes from Houston’s near east and north sides. Andy moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico part-time in 2021 and has loved it ever since. He has traveled extensively in Mexico which inspires his most recent works.
Artists Statement
My art attempts to create something that is well done and cared for while being created–to reflect my current experience. It is an attempt to create a thing of beauty and peace–beauty and peace in the spectator as well as beauty and peace in my soul while I paint it.