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Vivienne Andres

Favorite Medium: paintings
Statement: My abstract paintings are done with watercolor and acrylic on paper and canvas. I am fascinated with surface and often use a variety of techniques such as collage, rubbing, blotting and stencilling to create complex overlays of color and texture. I get my ideas from the ornamental patterns of various cultures and from nature; places filled with flowers, the desert, and the ocean. I am especially fond of herons. They have a silent dignity and mystery that I find quite magical.
Bibliography: Feb., 1995 Julia Chiapella - Santa Cruz Sentinal, ""All Our Lives Honors Seven Women Artists"" Mar.1995 Vol. 412 Salli McQuaid - Artist/Writer, ""WCA Steals the Show"" Jan. 3, 1989 Debbie Dorosh - West Art, ""The First West Art Annual""
Birth City: Boston, MA
Birth Year: 1936

Awards: 1967 2nd award painting Monterey Jazz Festival 1965 Best of Show mixed media Valley Fair Art Exhibit 1959 Outstanding Student Teacher Award, Art Education Dept., San Jose State Univ. 1962-63 Kappa Kappa Gamma Foreign Study Fellowship, Univ. of London, Courtauld Inst. of Art History
Teaching Experience: 1966-92 F/T Art Instructor, Lincoln High School for the Visual & Performing Arts, Magnet San Jose Unified* 1965-66 Asst. Instructor, San Jose State Univ.* 1959-62 F/T Art Instructor, Edwin Markham Junior High, San Jose Unified*

Vivienne Andres California art watercolor 23x18	Vivienne Andres California art acrylic 24x18
Vivienne Andres California art watercolor 15x12	Vivienne Andres California art watercolor 26x18