Sunburst Anatomy

intaglio Print multi-collagraphs, 23 1/2 x 16", 2024, $645

Symbiotica Series: Microcosm of Beauty Living Through Community inspired by the micro-world of lichen. Unique original print 1/1.

Composing with oil on canvas and intaglio etchings, my art chronicles atmospheric rhythms, luminous patterns and the symbiotic nature of community. My Intaglio print series Symbiotica refers to the symbiotic relationship between algae and fungus which form lichen. Neither plant nor animal, lichen are a unique life form that live on clean air. These magical beings photosynthesize and fix nitrogen from the air, making them harbingers of our environment, acting as guides, who warn us about the health of our planet.

In my new exhibition, Synergia, I’m compelled to express the profound symbiotic relationship that I feel is missing in our human world, which has been expressed for eons in the microworld of lichen.
Lichen are beings who are more than the sum of their parts, a comingling of wonder living in community. Might they teach us about an imaginable un-hierarchical world of peace and beauty? Could we humans dare to turn our darkness into an epiphany? Can we venture into a world where we live together and find solutions to harmonize with each other and our planet?

Andrea grew up in Los Angeles, watching smog creep over hills and valleys. After many adventures she arrived in the Northwest where nature has informed her work. When she moved from the water’s edge to the forest, the transition changed the focus of her art from light glinting on water, to the minutiae of the forest floor.
Her awards include: King County Arts Commission, Art Port Townsend and Helena Rubenstein Foundation. Lawson’s Public Art, Brain Beauty, Beauty Brain is installed in the Camano Island Library.