Flax Shadows

Andrea Mae Miller is a New Zealand artist working predominantly as a Fine Art Printmaker. Born in Whangarei in 1980, she grew up living at the beach on Northland's beautiful Tutukaka coast. Andrea obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otago Polytechnic in 2002 and until recently worked out of her studio "St Peter's Thumb" in Petone. 2006 brought big changes, with a move to Denmark to explore the other side of the world, and to practise being a stranger. Andrea says about her work ?The process of printmaking teaches me to look at the details. Each different shade is carefully considered, each crack in the Bamboo is given value. I learn to appreciate the way small steps come together to create a full picture. I think this is reflected in my work, a little piece of my world is framed on white paper. The way the light shines through a flax leaf, the patterns that just happen when light meets shadows, when you twist something around and stand it on its head.