A Brooklyn boy graduates engineering school in '69, goes to Woodstock then sticks his thumb out and ends up in San Francisco. For over 50 years Andy has been a civil/structural engineer and watercolorist in San Francisco. Self-taught and painting in the west-coast transparent watercolor style, his paintings evoke the luminous qualities of the aqua medium. His subjects are varied, drawn from everywhere painted in an impressionist painterly style.

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He was introduced to watercolor painting in the early70’s. His apartment overlooked Dolores Park in S.F. and he would watch, unbeknownst to him George Post give his plein-air workshops. Evidently, this icon, one of the early proponents of the west-coast watercolor movement lived around the corner! Keep it simple, catch that mood and be quick! Rarely does he spend more than an hour or two on a painting.

Now that he is retired from engineering, he finds himself drifting around town either ‘urban sketching’ or painting with his Plein-air gear trying to capture the mood and visuals of the city.

 

His Studio/Gallery is located at the corner of Irving St. & 16th Avenue in the Inner Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco, just a few blocks from Golden Gate Park.  View photos of the Gallery at the drop down menu above.   He is a signature member of the California Watercolor Association.