Andrea Edan
My artistic vision has had more to do with my family background than with other influences although my work can probably be considered in the context of Western art. There have been many influential women in my family. My grandmother’s sister was a suffragette and my grandmother, an admirer of Ghandi, was a collector of waifs and strays, both animals and humans. My mother, being keen on health, sport and fitness, directed me to enrol in sports but somehow I always ended up in drawing or other creative classes. Having first studied to be a structural engineer, it took me until my mid-twenties to get onto a full time Fine Arts degree course where I majored in Painting, Photography and Print-making.
My work often uses everyday objects, either found around the house or anywhere else, to portray my visual ideas. I have boxes of items that I find interesting and often evocative that will eventually be worked into future pieces. For example, a piece of string can have a unique visual connotation when incorporated into an artwork as opposed to being used to simply tie up a parcel.
United Kingdom
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