Andrew Weller

By LatAm ARTE

Beginning his artistic endeavors at an early age, Andrew Orr received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music after which he began his studies in art with courses at the University of New Mexico, with New Mexico impressionist Carol McIlroy and Massachusetts artists David P. Curtis and Joseph McGurl. Orr’s work has shown in many locations in the United States, has won awards with National juried exhibitions of the Oil Painters of America, the Salmagundi Club, the American Artist’s Professional League and the Guild of Boston Artists. His work has been featured in several one-person exhibitions. I've drawn and sketched for as long as I can remember I would spend hours doodling imaginary architecture scenes. As I got holder I tried various mediums including acrylics and airbrush painting but would always return to bold black lines with pen and ink. I was also a photographer and became a professional commercial photographer in the late 90’s. My own work though was in black and white sort of an extension on my Pen and Ink drawings which gave me an endless amount of material to sketch without the distractions of colour. I never thought about selling my work though I had done quite a few commissions so around 2019 I thought why not and proceeded to setup an online shop as well as promoting my work on Instagram. At the same time I started introducing colour into my sketches I was pleased with the results and tried to develop a style of my own.