Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy
Born : 26 July 1956 
British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist does land art in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland.


Goldsworthy studied fine art at Bradford College of Art (1974–1975) and at Preston Polytechnic (1975–1978)n Preston, Lancashire, receiving his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from the latter.


I was really interested to research my artist Andy because a lot of the art I have been assigned were abstract. Their art was to be researched inside and out. You had to take your interpretation of what you got out of the art. I am more of a concrete person. I love 
Most of his work consists of him using 
brightly-colored flowers
icicles 
leaves
mud
pine cones
snow
stone
twigs
thorns
Even to manipulate things in nature, he rarely uses machines, he likes to use other raw materials to manipulate his main focus. For example, to strip down feathers, he may find a sharp rock for that. 

 "I think it's incredibly brave to be working with flowers and leaves and petals. But I have to: I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole."

Considered the "FOUNDER OF ROCK BALANCING"

                      stones arranged by color,

                      balanced to form a black void

"I need the shock of touch, the resistance of place, materials and weather, the earth as my source."

Andy is very particular with working with his art exactly where he finds it because he believes the space he finds it in, tell it's story. 

Leaves polished, greased made in the shadow of the tree from which they fell, pinned to the ground with thorns.

Le jardin Massey, Tarbes, France,
22 August 198

Bright sunny morning, rozen snow, cut slab, scraped snow away with a stick, just short of breaking through.

Izumi-Mura, Japan. 19 December 1987

Slate arch made over two days, fourth attempt

"Autumn Cherry Leaves"

"Goosefeathers"

"Bolder wrapped in Petals"

"Serpent Tree Roots"

When I first started, I was already excited to see his art. After seeing his art, I got so interested, I started to blog this on my personal blog, and all my followers LOVED IT! I just think it's such a beautiful and interesting way to appreciate nature. I go to the beach and appreciate the waves, the sun, the sand. Andy turns appreciating that, into a whole different world. His art really speaks to me, because I wish I was as amazing as him in the way that he finds all this NATURAL BEAUTY. 
There are so many pictures I wanted to post! But I tried to pick out my favorite ones.