Art has always been a part of Andrea’s life in one way or another with many types of venues from piano, violin, and oboe; to clay, bread dough, tole painting and lots of sewing.  She took her first watercolor class at the San Diego Art Museum in 2000, and has been hooked ever since with the variety of textures, the movement of the paint in the water, the array of techniques, and the endless potential for continuous growth! 

Andrea has been blessed with many teachers and mentors since then.  She has studied with nationally known artists:  Lynn Ferris. Laurie Goldstein-Warren, Sterling Edwards, Laurie Humble, Susan Harrison-Tustain, Karlyn Holman, Shirley Trevna, Anne Abgott. and Alexis Lavine.

Her artwork is always on display (and for sale) at the Galleria - downtown Clarksville, and in Milton, NC you will find her work at "Milton Studio Art Gallery."  She has done several solo shows - at the Prizery, MacCallum More Museum and Gardens, and Clarksville Regional Museum.  Andrea has one several awards at juried shows and loves participating in them as it makes her raise her own bar to become better for the next one!  She has recently joined the Virginia Watercolor Society and looks forward to seeing what opportunities arise thru them!

Andrea and her husband, Jim, live in Clarksville, VA on a wonderful lake community on the border of North Carolina, since September of 2013.