ANDREA TIERNEY

ACRYLICS

I use the acrylic medium and various brushes and implements to create multi-layered, large-scale designs.

WATERCOLOUR

Paper - pigment - water - brush - watercolour experiments have always been at the heart of my work. The effects achieved with just 4 simple ingredients are astounding.

PROJECTS

My great passion is for cities - London (the city I live in), Linz (the city I was born in), Vienna (the city I studied art in) and cities I have visited - Berlin, Paris, Rome, New York, Damascus, Cairo, Rabat, Athens. Many of the projects have been inspired by the transient state of urban architecture and culture.

In 2005 I created an art space quite unlike any other - the Tent. A mobile structure, here today, there tomorrow.
A company in Austria (Europlan) built the tent, 6 meters in the round, 4 meters high, with a dome-shaped canvas roof and a wooden floor. For 3 years running it was set up for a week in July in Ealing Town Square. It became a platform for artists and performers to exhibit and perform.

VIDEO

Animating patterns in Flash is great fun. Do have a look at my video page. A number of movie links are on youtube.

DESIGNS FOR SCARVES

Many of my designs, regardless of the medium they were originally created in or their original size, are digitally scanned at very high resolution and printed onto fabric (cotton or silk). They make wonderful scarves.

CROCHET JEWELLERY 

Crochet is my favourite passtime. It is a restful and at the same time skilfully productive activity. I love inventing new ways to apply a simple stitch to form ever new shapes.