Andy describes his colourful works as a representation of a feeling rather than subject matter. He adds:

“I generally start with a single form, from there I am provoked by emotion, colour, positive and negative space and depth. Contrasting crude and clean intersecting shapes allow each process to have greater emphasis, making the work more dynamic. I also use opposing materials and application such as squeezing sludgy oil paint straight from the tube alongside masked semi-transparent spray paint or brushing flat acrylics.”

Andy graduated from design at the Queensland College of Art several years ago, and decided that it really wasn’t for him when he started working in the industry. From there, Andy started developing his own artwork and experimenting with styles and techniques. A few years down the track and Andy’s been a part of over a dozen individual and group shows across Australia.

Alongside his own artistic practice, Andy c0-runs the Brisbane gallery and art studio Love Love Studio in Teneriffe. The gallery has three main spaces and studios for the artists in residence.

I highly recommend popping along to the opening tomorrow night to see these works in person.

Opening Night Event

Saturday 3rd March 6–10pm

Travelling Perspective
3rd – 18th March

Love Love Studio
27 Florence Street
Teneriffe, Brisbane

Gallery Opening Hours
Saturdays and Sundays 10am–4pm

Travelling Perspective (Process 38 of 63) – Acrylic, Oil and Aerosol on Canvas, 100cm x 100cm, 12/2011.

Travelling Perspective (Process 63 of 63) – Acrylic, Oil, Aerosol and Oil Pastel on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm, 12/2011.

Hiding Depression – Acrylic and Oil Pastel with Oil Glaze on Canvas, 120cm x 120cm, 1/2012.

Lost and Confident.

How have you got to where you are today? And how Love Love Studio came about…

I became serious about art when I discovered what it really is. I studied design at uni, finished in 2004 and worked out that I hated people telling me what to do. I have something more to offer than laying out bollocks brochures. So since about then my work has been developing show by show and now it’s got to the point where Love Love Studio exists.

Matt Johnson and myself got it going in late 2008, starting with studio space and building a small gallery space. Now with the help of master builder Jay Musk, we have three gallery spaces and are now hosting some interesting exhibitions.

We are one of the few places in Brisbane running shows with pure, conceptual ideals in mind regarding the artists.

In a few words, describe yourself…

Duchamp’s latest chess move.

What are you spending your time on at the moment?

Making things exist which previously didn’t.

Green, Grey, Lost Composition (Process 2 of 3) –
Acrylic, Aerosol and Oil Pastel on Canvas, 80cm x 80cm, 1/2012.

Do you have a ritual for getting into the creative mindset? Or a creative process?

I have no ritual prior to getting into the creative process, yet throughout the process I develop most when thinking about how to work with a mistake.

What or who inspires you?

Functionality and urinals from 1917.

What are you most proud of?

Not having a triangle tattoo.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Fullback for the Essendon Bombers.