Goldvein, VA 22720, US
You can reach me at: psacustomcreations@yahoo.com
I also displayed and sold some of my work at the Bay School Community Arts Center in Mathews, VA.
Please visit them here:
https://www.bayschool-arts.com/pages/altered-exploring-the-artwork-of-patrick-andrews
I have been interested in art in almost every form since middle school. I still remember going to my grandparents’ house and my grandmother teaching me oil painting and my grandfather teaching me woodworking skills. This interest has allowed me to explore different media such as ceramics, wood working, drawing and metal working. As I became a parent, my goal was to encourage my children to develop the same appreciation for art in all its forms. I have watched my daughter learn how to play the piano as a child and taught her how to forge a piece of metal into a Roman Legion spear for her college history class. I have also passed on my love for metal working to my son as he completed a sculpture inspired by Alexander Calder and made a rose out of a cookie tin. Teaching my children these skills allowed me to renew my love for art and inspired me to branch out artistically. My goal is to have re-used or re-purposed 80% or more of all the materials in my pieces. I have learned to look at a piece of material and in addition to seeing it for what it was, seeing what it could become. I believe that is a primary goal of art. To teach us to look past the surface of not just a piece of art, but also another person, and see not just what they are, but what they can become.
1966 Born in Waukegan, Illinois
2001 BS Business Administration Columbia College, MO
2004 Masters of Business Administration Webster University, MO
2001 Author of the September/October Underwater Magazine article, "The Silent Army: Engineer Divers in the US Army"
2003 Appeared on two episodes of the TV Show “Junkyard Wars” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G22CSYyDTo0
2012 Entered first arts and craft show at the Newport News Fall Festival of Folklife
2013 Received “Best in Folk Art” and “Best in Show” at the Newport News Fall Festival of Folk Life
2013 Asked to donate an engraved scuba diving tank as a fundraiser for the Loggerhead MarineLife Center in Florida
2013 Hand engraved scuba diving tanks were selected by www.scubadiving.com as part of their Holiday Gift Guide http://www.scubadiving.com/photos/holiday-scuba-gift-guide-best-gifts-divers
2014 Received “Merit Award” in the Poquoson Seafood Festival
2015 Received “First place” in Sculpture in the Fredericksburg Fine Arts Exhibit
2016 Featured in an online article/photo section (Pictures 9&10) from the Williamsburg Celebrates Contemporary Artisans http://www.vagazette.com/news/va-vg-williamsburg-celebrates-artistic-creation-along-dog-street-20160924-story.html
2016 First place ribbon at the Poquoson Seafood Festival
2017 Asked to write a short article for an industrial tool company blog. https://hgrinc.com/artists-work-made-scuba-tanks-cylinders/
2017 3rd place for Booth display at the Ashland Strawberry Festival
2017 “Best in Folk Art” at the Newport News Fall Festival of Folk Life
2017 "Best in Show" for Decorative Crafts at the Poquoson Seafood Festival
2018 Featured Artist at The Bay School Community Art Center show titled "Altered" https://www.bayschool-arts.com/pages/altered-exploring-the-artwork-of-patrick-andrews
2018 First Place Award for 3D Sculpture at the Fredericksburg, VA Fine Art Show
2019 First Place and Honorable Mention Award for 3D Sculpture at Fredericksburg, VA Fine Art Show
2019 "Moon Song" Selected for display by the Fredericksburg Public Sculpture Project
2019 "Eye of the Storm" selected for Second Place in the Dimensional Expressions Art Show
2019 "Eye of the Storm" selected as "Kids Choice" at the Bay School Community Art Center
2020 Guest Speaker at the Arts on Main in Gloucester, VA
2020 First Place and Honorable Mention for 3D Sculpture at the Fredericksburg, VA Fine Art Show
2020 Large sculpture titled “Moon Song” selected for an outdoor public art piece by the Fredericksburg, Public Sculpture Commission
2021 Second Place Award for 3D Sculpture at the Fredericksburg, VA Fine Art Show
2021 Large Sculpture selected for display at the Portsmouth Arts and Culture Center
2021 Large sculpture “Union” selected for a public art piece by the Fredericksburg, Public Sculpture Commission