About

Andrea Pereira de Almeida

Artist Statement

What do you see?
How you choose to see something changes its behavior—this is called the observer effect. Your state of mind creates your version of reality. Remember when you were a little kid and you got to experience something for the first time? Like putting your feet in sand or jumping into the ocean? That moment of awe and feeling of belonging is what I try to express through my art.

I paint impressionistic landscapes—they’re representations of the places I’ve been and how those places made me feel. I paint scenes that stopped me in my tracks and made me feel in awe of the beauty of our world.

Since I was a little kid, I’ve been drawn to color as a way to express myself. Color is a language that’s independent from words, it’s about feeling and expression of feeling through placement of light.

Artist Bio

Andrea currently lives and works in Northwest Ohio. She paints both plein air and in her studio, using photos she’s taken while out running or hiking. Her style could best be described as a unique variation of pointilism. She uses expressive, wavy lines of various lengths, instead of dots, applying thick brush strokes in an alla prima approach.

Andrea holds a Master of Arts in Interactive Media degree from Elon University (2014) and a Bachelor of Science in Technology degree from Bowing Green State University (2011). She also studied in Florence, Italy at Studio Art Centers International (2011).

Andrea has worked as a graphic artist and an application designer for fortune 500 companies, universities, and startups. In 2018, she illustrated a children’s book, Que História é Essa, Vovó?, which was published in Brazil. Her work is held in private collections throughout the US and Brazil.