Andy Tschoepe

All my life I have been interested in depicting what I see or recall. Born and raised in San Antonio, I started doodling with ballpoint, felt-tipped, and gel pens when I was about two years old. I received my BFA in fine arts in 2002 from the University of Texas at San Antonio. I focus my eye on the human figure, using an essential approach to painting. I grab a handful of brushes (or maybe just one or two) and use a streamlined palette consisting of a handful of colors from which I can achieve a vast range of tones. My concept is purely aesthetic; I want the piece of art to be visually interesting (beautiful, hopefully) above all else. I concern myself with elements that - to me - are critical to producing a good painting: composition, form, light, color, paint quality, brushwork. I prefer describing my subjects in a way that is not overly complicated, rendering with accurate draftsmanship but without superfluous detail. I paint in a spontaneous fashion, driven by a very basic visual idea but not knowing specifically what the end result will be. Responding to what happens on the canvas with each decision that I make, reflecting moment by moment, keeps me present in the painting experience and gives me the greatest possible enrichm...

Bachelor of fine arts, University of Texas at San Antonio

2001, 2002 - University of Texas at San Antonio annual exhibition participant

2004 - "Where Did They Come From?" solo exhibition at Bismarck Studios, San Antonio

2005, 2006 - San Antonio's "Arts & Eats" participant, San Antonio

2006 - "Blue Star 21" exhibition participant at Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio

2008 - "72" exhibition participant at AnArte Gallery, San Antonio

2006, 2014-2021, 2023-2025 - Say Si "Small Scale" exhibition participant, San Antonio

2008, 2020, 2021, 2023 - San Antonio Art League & Museum Annual Juried Artists Exhibition (Stephanie Trede Oil Painting Award 2023 - "Maria")

2023 - "Homage to the Human Figure" exhibition at the Blue Star Arts Collective, San Antonio

2023 - Coppini Academy of Fine Arts Annual Fall Exhibition participant, San Antonio

2024 - Blue Star Upstairs Studios featured artist

2024 - solo exhibition at Casa Arte del Sol, San Antonio

2024 - "Figures and Faces" exhibition at the Blue Star Arts Collective

2025 - participant in UNAM San Antonio's Contemporary Art Month exhibition

2025 - Blue Star Upstairs Studios featured artist

2025 - exhibition at Casa Arte del Sol, San Antonio

2025 - Coppini Academy of Fine Arts Annual Fall Exhibition participant

2026 - exhibition ...