About Andrew Lincoln Nelson

Andrew Lincoln Nelson, grown up in Laramie WY, is an artist that presently works in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Biology, maths and synthetic intelligence are his essential supply of inspiration, whereas his instrument are surrealistic graphite drawings and mixed-media abstracts. His drawings are a illustration of machine creatures with a background that will typically resemble Arizona’s landscapes. 

He has exhibited on the College of Arizona and the Arts Communicate occasion on the Tucson Museum of Artwork. His work has been utilized in well-liked/scientific shows, together with a current TED speak, written up in The NAP Snapshot, and Artifact, the web arts journal of the College of the Arts London.

Hi there Andrew. When or how have you ever understood you wished to develop into an artist?

I’ve accomplished art work since childhood. I pursued superb artwork drawing for the final ten years. Earlier than that I used to be working in tutorial analysis.

Are you able to briefly inform us about your method and what drives you to make artwork?

I exploit conventional graphite pencil drawing strategies however the topics of my drawings are semi-surrealistic variations of life which may exist sooner or later or on exp-planets. I exploit solely hand strategies and make use of solely geometric and analogue calculations for composition and examine. The work contains many references to the analysis fields of synthetic life, Zeno-biology and evolutionary computation. As well as, I embrace a component of panorama rendering with element degree close to that of the central focus of every work.

What’s the essential characteristic that has modified in your works or observe all through the years?

All through the years the element and rendering of my work has moved towards realism, with a transfer away from schematic line-based drawings and towards gentle/shadow definition, planar projection, constant field-of-view and space-filling strategies.

Which artist primarily evokes your work? And is there one thing else, outdoors visible arts, that retains you motivated?

Though it appears insular, I keep away from learning previous or up to date artwork and discover that I’m higher capable of see into different worlds if I can clear my thoughts of present and handed concepts. This bares a slight resemblance to the idea of the freshmen thoughts, however finally stems from my very own lack of ability to inform the distinction between what I’m seeing by way of my very own eyes, and what I’m seeing by way of the eyes of others. That stated although… Escher, Hieronymus Bosch, H R Giger, Roger Dean have been all childhood favorites.

How would you want folks to interact together with your work?

I like folks to view my work with out many preconceptions about the subject material. The work is supposed to convey a visceral impression of one thing that’s not acquainted and that isn’t a part of the human sphere. The sensation or sense of complexity is one thing like a psychological taste or an emotional expertise, and my work is meant to attract that out. Additionally, it’s my intent that the viewer speculate in regards to the origins and goal of the creatures in my drawings, and maybe to pay attention to the austere almost lifeless environments they inhabit. There are various ideas from biology, evolutionary concept, Zeno-biology and post-technological life embedded in my work, however I don’t intend the viewers to be overtly conscious of those influences per se.

Unfold the phrase! Do you’ve gotten something thrilling on the horizon?

A piece of mine will probably be offered on the Up to date Surrealism exhibit in Sedona Arizona. 

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