Mr. Andrew Katz is a watercolor artist who lives and works on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He received both his BFA and MAT degrees from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where he majored in General Fine Arts and Art Education. In his third year he was awarded the Samson Feldman Scholarship.
Over the past 15 years, Andrew has been a visual arts teacher for Baltimore County, Howard County, and now, an independent school in the Annapolis, Maryland area. Although teaching full-time over those years, Andy challenged himself to paint the landscape and imagery that surrounds him at his home on Kent Island.
Inspired by the work of Edward Hopper, Joseph Cornell, Keith Haring, and Nick Bantock, Katz chooses to focus on the visual relationships that straddle realism and abstraction simultaneously. His love of watercolor, its techniques and its versatility, enables him to render crisp and rich subjects while crafting dynamic compositions.
His work has garnered several awards at the Maryland Federation of Art in Annapolis, at the Chestertown Art League, and the Academy of Art Museum in Easton. He has also fostered a relationship with The Maritime Art Gallery at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut; where he has participated in several exhibitions over the last 10 years.
In recent years Andrew has dedicated his craft to capturing the imagery that he finds when he goes outside. Bird, wooden boat, and landscape paintings are evidence of the love he has for his home and it’s environs.
Andy lives on Kent Island in Chester, Maryland with his wife Lisa, daughter Zoë, son Ethan, and his dog Farley.
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