Andy Tschoepe

I paint the human figure primarily. I adopt an essential approach to painting, using a handful of brushes and a streamlined palette consisting mostly of primary and secondary colors. My concept is aesthetic; I want the piece of art to be visually interesting above all else. I concern myself with elements that I think are critical to producing a good painting: composition, form, light, color, paint quality, brushwork. I like to describe the subject in a way that is not complicated, preferring a degree of looseness and abstraction over excessively tight, detailed rendering. I work in a spontaneous way, not knowing what specifically 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 enrichment.

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, 2024 - 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 exhibit