Andy Evansen
ANDY EVANSEN’S love and aptitude for art goes back to early childhood, and he decided to make a career using the gifts he was given. He began his professional career as a medical illustrator, but that industry soon became reliant on computer graphics, and he realized he missed working with pencils, brushes and paper. Once he began painting, watercolor was an easy choice as his preferred medium, and he found himself attempting to capture the landscape with an economy of brushstroke evident in the work of the British watercolor artists he admired. In addition, he was impressed with the way those artists seemed to capture everyday scenes in such a way that revealed a hidden beauty, subjects that many would simply pass by. A lifelong resident of the American Midwest, this appealed to him a great deal.
While he strives for accuracy and a sense of place in his landscapes, he prefers his work to be considered ‘representational’ instead of ‘realistic’… capturing his emotional response to a scene as well as the time and season.
He has been featured in many publications and is a sought-after workshop instructor who paints and teaches internationally. He achieved Dolphin Fellow status in the American Watercolor Society in 2025, and he is also a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, the Transparent Watercolor Society, the San Diego Watercolor Society and the Northwest Watercolor Society. In 2022 he was selected as the only international member of England’s Pure Watercolour Society.
His paintings have won numerous awards, including the Bronze and High Winds Medals from the American Watercolor Society in New York.
He has juried several important exhibitions, including serving as juror of selection for both the American Watercolor Society and the TWSA Exhibitions in 2022; the California Watercolor Association in 2021, the New Jersey Watercolor Society in 2020 and the New England Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Watercolor Society and Red River Watercolor Society National Exhibitions in 2017.
You can view his work at www.EvansenArtStudio.com.
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