Andrew Myers
Andrew Myers is the inventor of Screw Art which became his signature artwork. Screw Art is composed of thousands of screws that get drilled into a wood board closely to each other but at different depths to create a three-dimensional sculptural relief resembling precise shapes. Each screw head becomes a steel canvas that gets painted over with a minuscule paint brush to reveal the actual image in color. With this technique, Andrew manages to turn an industrial roughness of a screw into beautiful and delicate imagery. Even though Screw Art is our best seller, Andrew is constantly thinking of new ideas and mediums for his art.
With over 20 years of experience as a professional artist, Andrew Myers’s work pushes the boundaries of artistic expression. Andrew strives to create intelligent and original concepts. His work has been in major shows and is in many collections around the world.
Make sure you pay attention to the titles of Andrew’s works as they add so much depth and wit to his pieces.
Born in Braunschweig, Germany and raised in Ciudad Real, Spain, Andrew’s exposure to modern European living and classical architecture prompted the universal and classical themes, yet modern design, found in his artwork. At the age of 20, Andrew applied to the Art Institute of Southern California (now known as the Laguna College of Art and Design – LCAD) with no previous art training. While touring the school, Andrew saw students depicting live models in clay, and he immediately knew he wanted to be a sculptor. Andrew was accepted based upon the natural talent his application portfolio evidenced. While studying at LCAD, Andrew developed his skills through advanced figurative sculpture and accelerated painting curriculum. These two and a half years of creative training provided Andrew with the basic working knowledge of the artistic field, but it was his drive and passion for creativity that allowed him to cultivate his particular style. Andrew now resides in Laguna Beach, California.
Andrew’s signature artwork is Screw Art which is a very unique form of art. Thousands of screws get drilled into a wood board very closely to each other but at different depths to create a sculptural relief of the image, where each screw head becomes a canvas. This steel canvas then gets painted over with a size-0 brush to mimic the actual image. Each final product is a true testament to craft, strength, and artistry.
Although Andrew is best known for his screw pieces, his work spans multiple genres and mediums, including sculpting, painting, and drawing. Every art piece is an experiment in art, mathematics and creative problem solving. Because Andrew’s artworks are very time and labor intensive, he only produces about 10-12 screw pieces a year.
Andrew always continues to push the boundaries of his craft constantly searching for new subjects and unconventional mediums. His guiding principle is to create better art today than he did yesterday.
Artist Statement:
“A journey. Not a destination. Over the last two decades, I have seen my art change in a multitude of ways. More importantly, I have changed in a multitude of ways.
Being an artist is a lifestyle, it’s not a job. It’s not a choice nor a conscious decision, but more so, it is who I am; it is how I think and how I live. The physical creation of the art is based on hard work and ethic, yet the art itself finds its birth in my soul and in a place that is not an art studio but rather a kitchen table.
My thoughts, my ideas, my pain, my joy, and my feelings are all cultivated outside of the studio, making the creative process a daily one and the one I cannot escape. The studio, on the other hand, is the space of craft, assemblage, and execution of the emotions I have already felt, and the art I have already finished in my head.
I am not the type of artist to stand in front of a blank canvas and wait for inspiration, or to let the moment determine key moves and the feeling determine a stroke of the brush. I create and execute the art in my brain before my hands do the work.
My calling in art has always been that of a translator. I have invented my own language through being unique and expressing what makes me a distinctive individual. This language is basically my unique fingerprint. I aim to be different, and I live in this feeling knowing that the only way to do this is to be purely myself.
My art will always continue to grow, and I will continue to change. This growth is my journey, and it is all I have. Because now more than ever, it’s about the journey, not the destination.”