July 20, 2024
Andrew Hiebert is a professional artist and a science communicator, who has participated in local, national, and international group exhibitions.
We were happy to welcome Andrew out to the IISD Experimental Lakes Area site in the summer of 2024 as an artist in residence.
Andrew spent a week out at the world’s freshwater laboratory, during which he discovered the lakes and the research for himself. He also painted some beautiful paintings of some of the intricate moments of research out at the site – and even gifted us a few examples!
You can learn more about Andrew and his work here.
“When I walk into a room I automatically scan the place for art. I soak in its colour & composition. I examine its texture and layers, then imagine how it was created. I feel how it nudges my thoughts & feelings. I am very conscious of how I am affected by art in a room. I think most people experience visual nudges from art, even though they might not be fully conscious of it.
I particularly love being in places with art that infuse me with wonder, curiosity, or a sense of playfulness. My art is designed to provide this experience for others. As an artist, I’m on a mission to transform spaces into places where inspiration & imagination thrive. Places where people are continually reminded of ideals that sustain them.
I use art as a means of exploring the wonder of new ideas, imagining their curious possibilities. Like one panning for gold in the streams of consciousness, I play with the colours, shapes, and lines to discover powerful combinations that become a nugget of art. These valuable nuggets become the currency of transformation.
I am eager to embrace life as wholly as possible. I know there is still much to explore and discover. I feel a compulsion to develop complementary aspects of my artistic interests. I bring my lifetime of science teaching and self-study of art to combine the logical with the emotional, the bold with the beautiful, and the tangible with the spiritual. I love painting non-representational abstract, and representational impressionistic work, as I see them as two sides of the same beautiful coin.
Whether it is representational or non-representational, I paint to create bold and beautiful art that works to inspire & ignite the imagination.”