The Artist
Andrea is a German-born visual communicator and artist who studied visual communication at the University of Applied Sciences in Düsseldorf / Germany at the HSD (previously FHS) and graduated in 1991 with a Masters in Graphic Design.
She worked in the design, printing and multi media industry until the end of 1998 and immigrated to South Africa to join her partner’s business in the tourism industry as a managing director.
When the global Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa in the first quarter of 2020 and the tourism industry got into a grinding hold worldwide, this gave her the opportunity and time to focus on what she had always loved since childhood, to paint and to draw.
Daily life inspires her, whether it is a holiday, the work environment, nature and landscapes or even a dream. Her love for animals, especially African wildlife, features in many of her artworks. She likes asymmetrical designs and dots fascinate her.
Therefore, her mixed media works of art often “play” with this perfectly round feature and 3-D elements or pop-up mechanisms add playfulness. Sometimes the art pieces are accentuated by typography.