Today we’d like to introduce you to Andrew Myers.
Hi Andrew , so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
Born in Braunschweig, Germany and raised in Ciudad Real, Spain, Andrew’s exposure to modern European living and classical architecture prompted the universal and classical themes, yet modern design, found in his artwork. At the age of 20, Andrew applied to the Art Institute of Southern California (now known as the Laguna College of Art and Design – LCAD) with no previous art training. While touring the school, Andrew saw students depicting live models in clay, and he immediately knew he wanted to be a sculptor. Andrew was accepted based upon the natural talent his application portfolio evidenced. While studying at LCAD, Andrew developed his skills through advanced figurative sculpture and accelerated painting curriculum. These two and a half years of creative training provided Andrew with the basic working knowledge of the artistic field, but it was his drive and passion for creativity that allowed him to cultivate his particular style. Andrew now resides in Laguna Beach, California.
Andrew’s signature artwork is Screw Art which is a very unique form of art. Thousands of screws get drilled into a wood board very closely to each other but at different depths to create a sculptural relief of the image, where each screw head becomes a canvas. This steel canvas then gets painted over with a size-0 brush to mimic the actual image. Each final product is a true testament to craft, strength, and artistry.
Although Andrew is best known for his screw pieces, his work spans multiple genres and mediums, including sculpting, painting, and drawing. Every art piece is an experiment in art, mathematics and creative problem solving. Because Andrew’s artworks are very time and labor intensive, he only produces about 10-12 screw pieces a year.
Andrew always continues to push the boundaries of his craft constantly searching for new subjects and unconventional mediums. His guiding principle is to create better art today than he did yesterday.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
It has not been a smooth road at all. Andrew has had to face an incredible amount of challenges to get to where he is today. Some of the challenges include:
-getting a divorce early in his career
-raising his son on his own while working as a full time artist
-finding a way to navigate the sale of his art without galleries
-developing and inventing unique mediums for his artwork
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
“A journey. Not a destination. Over the last two decades, I have seen my art change in a multitude of ways. More importantly, I have changed in a multitude of ways.
Being an artist is a lifestyle, it’s not a job. It’s not a choice nor a conscious decision, but more so, it is who I am; it is how I think and how I live. The physical creation of the art is based on hard work and ethic, yet the art itself finds its birth in my soul and in a place that is not an art studio but rather a kitchen table.
My thoughts, my ideas, my pain, my joy, and my feelings are all cultivated outside of the studio, making the creative process a daily one and the one I cannot escape. The studio, on the other hand, is the space of craft, assemblage, and execution of the emotions I have already felt, and the art I have already finished in my head.
I am not the type of artist to stand in front of a blank canvas and wait for inspiration, or to let the moment determine key moves and the feeling determine a stroke of the brush. I create and execute the art in my brain before my hands do the work.
My calling in art has always been that of a translator. I have invented my own language through being unique and expressing what makes me a distinctive individual. This language is basically my unique fingerprint. I aim to be different, and I live in this feeling knowing that the only way to do this is to be purely myself.
My art will always continue to grow, and I will continue to change. This growth is my journey, and it is all I have. Because now more than ever, it’s about the journey, not the destination.”
Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
Art is a journey, not a destination. Andrew’s favorite art piece is always the next one he’s going to make. He’s not willing to depth of his portfolio to stay relevant. He is constantly coming up with new, and unique ways to make art, and he wants to do it for the rest of his life.
Pricing:
- Small portraits $15,000-$20,000
- Black holes $13,000-$18,000
- Sculptures $15,000-$65,000
- Drawings $15,000-$20,0000
- Large Screw Art $35,000-$100,000+
Contact Info:
- Website: https://andrewmyersart.com
- Instagram: andrewmyersart
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrew.myersart
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewmyersart
- Other: https://andrewmyersartstore.com
