 Well, I like painting over things a whole bunch basically just like Sometimes I just get the thing wet and just like see what's underneath there. It's like I Paint layers and so some of the layers get covered up But then I can like find them again under there and I'll like let it drip and stuff and You know get all these weird effects that way I was drawn to art at a very early age Used to design things bicycles Houses Eventually, I just wanted to draw you know weird things Things from my imagination Well, I'm not a struggling artist. I don't I don't think I'm really trying that hard. I went to college for art where I failed beginning ceramics twice, but I Took me five years to graduate I owed about $26,000 which wasn't that bad, but I paid it back in the army So college was a good experience go to college kids. It's fun. I happened upon Andrew's work Walking by June Fitzpatrick gallery on High Street one evening with a friend headed to dinner and we just decided to pop in and I just was really Taken with the work. I who is this person? I thought you know who who is doing these Incredible things Andrew was sitting the show, but it took a little while to Get it out of him that he was the artist. I have never gone into a gallery and promoted myself I cowardly Lishly Email them and I'm kind of done with that now like I just use Facebook and they Contacted me now and as we talked then he pulled out this Tattered tape together portfolio spilling out with all kinds of sheets of paintings You know, it looked like he just would paint on any surface. He could get his hands on cardboard acrylic Then he explained that When he was in the military he couldn't have Large-scale pieces of paper and this had to be portable and so that's why he was painting in that scale Being in the army definitely influenced me as an artist It made me do smaller things Things that could that are more portable Portable things Brought me that gave me that discipline, you know to finish the mission Woofing is very It's a good thing to do. I would suggest it to anyone woofing willing workers on organic farms you get to Experience all kinds of strange things. I worked at a whale watching place and got the worst sunburn of my life I think I almost died. I worked on a beef farm, but I'm a vegetarian. So and that was a great place to work Okay, these are looking good. I got this pink paint. I've never had anything like that before. It's very fluorescent. So Now all my paintings have like fluorescent Pink in them. Hmm Just destroying Destroy everything Just sort destroy all my paintings and just start over Every time See I'm seeing the circular Shape here now So then maybe I can go in and add some detail or something So the first piece That I got that day at June Fitz Fitzpatrick gallery Is the is the largest piece that I have? all of these rabbits it's been hanging in my kitchen ever since and So when I'm cooking I just I go in there And I could go in there forever And I think that that's one of the things that draws me most to Andrew's work is the depth of the work and How long I can spend in there? It's like being in his mind, you know, it comes from inside of him It's not his perception of something he's seeing outside of him But these are actually the the characters that are living in his inner Landscape in his in the cells of his brain it feels and And that and these rooms these rooms maybe of his dreams It makes me feel great that people collect my work and come back and buy more things That's that's what I need is more people like that I am represented by the robert fontaine gallery in miami, which is a big deal for me. They're Taking me to art basal switzerland in a couple months and it's the biggest opportunity I've had So I'm really looking forward to The future in that aspect and also garner narrative in louisville, kentucky represents me and they You know, it's an up-and-coming gallery there really nice Really excited about that both of those were you know, facebook contacts Ad me as a friend on facebook and your abbot I just want to get better at everything, you know and just live live a good life do the right thing You know, I just want to you know, I believe in god, you know, I just want to do the right thing I just want to live and you know experience life and just Be be the person, you know, I'm supposed to be or you know, everyone everyone wants to do that Everyone just wants to do what they're supposed to do. I think I'm doing what I'm supposed to do Circular shape that I keep seeing There's goes in like a telescope That one's finished