Andrea Jones

I am an artist from Liverpool, England and for the past twelve years I have worked as an art teacher in a prison. My artwork has featured in several art magazines in the U.S.A. My artwork has also been featured in art and literature magazines in Berlin, Stockholm and the U.K.

I create images through different ways of inspiration from recreating my own dreams, using my imagination whether to tell a story or to enjoy the process of art through being spontaneous. I will often wake up in the night to sketch down the clear visions from my dreams as I can sometimes forget by the morning what I have dreamt about. For me to create art is to step into another world, my world. One particular style that I work in is based on my alter ego, this is inspired by wanting to be somebody else, taking elements from different people to create new characters, I call these characters my alter ego people. The images are painted in acrylic on canvas or drawn onto paper. I will use photographs from magazines and I would also photograph people. This would allow me to play about with compositions and scales before producing the final artwork in paint or as a drawing. I purposefully give the characters incorrect scales to throw your eye out, and create an interest within the composition but in the hope the viewer will take the time to look at the image as a whole and to appreciate the story and the time that has been put into each of the pieces.

Get in touch with Andrea: www.modandart.co.uk

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