Interview with Fractal Enlightenment

I was given a thoroughly respectful interview that I consider to be the best on me and my work yet done. Its difficult to speak of esoteric ideas to the general media, but these folks are on my wavelength and got what I had to say.

Throughout history, the evolution of art can be traced through the works of visionary artists who pioneered a new form of artistic expression. One such artist, who is busy livening up the beaches around San Francisco, is Andres Amador; beach artist extraordinaire.

Fractal Enlightenment contacted Andres, who shed light on using the beach as the canvas, his growing relationship with organic patterns and its ability to raise consciousness of other people.

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Interview for FractalEnlightenment.com 3/12- Full Text

We’ve all drawn stuff in the sand as kids, but never imagined it as more than a means for some lazy afternoon fun. What drew you to use the beach as a canvas?

I "paint" on the beach primarily because of the enormous space it offers to create with. The beach is an amazing canvas, albeit not a very reliable one. It is different every time I visit.

I love being able to create in such a wonderful environment. Despite being at the edge of a large city, simply being on the shore erases everything else around me.

And working with this medium, there is no mess to clean up, nothing to put away or store(!). The ocean prepares a fresh canvas daily.

Playa Painting 'World Tree'

This piece was brought together last minute. My work was noticed by a member of a crew working on a short film to be entered into the Stanley Kubrick film competition and then to be sent around to film festivals.They came up from Los Angeles to film me and my beach. They had a design in mind for me to do but gave me license to make it in my way. It was a very challenging piece to do, to make something specific that could not be gridded out. I was very pleased with the outcome. It was about 150' in across.

Playa Painting 'Coral'

Done south of Half Moon Bay. This location is amazing and challenging. The distance is so large that the design peters out towards the back. I'll be doing more on this beach but I'll need to do designs that work better with the location...

Playa Painting 'Cells IV'

This piece was done south of Half Moon Bay, CA on an enormous beach.That speck near the center is Ember!

Playa Painting- Mussels

My most recent effort with my pal, and longest running assistant, JonPaul. It is based on space filling techniques employed by quilters. You see, after the filling has been placed into the blanket, the individual panels need to be sewn down to prevent bunching up of the fill. Many decorative stitches, which often have a very organic process to them, have been devised to accomplish this. As in the piece I made, the design practically creates itself!

World Beach Art Festival

 

I took part in the Island of Jersey's World Beach Art festival (lies between England and France). There were 3 other artists. We each chose a beach from the many fine ones on the island. I 'won' my beach in a coin toss. I was psyched. The location gave me something that would give life to the designs I had been working on.