Andrew
Arthur has worked as a graphic designer in Chicago and
currently specializes in abstract designusing glue,
oil, conté, and ink. A series of his work is
currently on display at Blyss Restaurant on Madison
Street in the West Loop area of Chicago. A graduate
of Savannah College of Art and Design, Andrew double
majored in Graphic Design and Art History. He is a 1995
graduate of New Trier High School and has lived in Chicago
since 1977.
ARTIST
STATEMENT
I
like to lay down a grid, place in an abstraction, and
then re-work the grid. I consider the abstraction as
something that gets in the way, an outside interference;
it's the flow of free thought, with no structural pattern,
going from structure to non-structural. Then I tweak
it back to a medium of a free-flow and a structural.
Each
painting has at least two or more partners, and they
can be fitted together. The painting represents the
notion of a puzzle inside the painting.. A preconceived
plan always meets interference, and the effort is to
get back to the plan, but the end product is a combination
of the unexpected and the planned.
When
the whole puzzle concept is put together, the paintings
match up with each other. The free flow going into a
structured setup is the antithesis revealing the energy
of the painting.
Andrew
Arthur has worked as a graphic designer in Chicago and
currently specializes in abstract designusing glue,
oil, conté, and ink. A series of his work is
currently on display at Blyss Restaurant on Madison
Street in the West Loop area of Chicago. A graduate
of Savannah College of Art and Design, Andrew double
majored in Graphic Design and Art History. He is a 1995
graduate of New Trier High School and has lived in Chicago
since 1977.
Each
painting has at least two or more partners, and they
can be fitted together. The painting represents the
notion of a puzzle inside the painting.. A preconceived
plan always meets interference, and the effort is to
get back to the plan, but the end product is a combination
of the unexpected and the planned.
When
the whole puzzle concept is put together, the paintings
match up with each other. The free flow going into a
structured setup is the antithesis revealing the energy
of the painting.
