Andy Mcconnell

Education & Formation

Origin

Born and raised — Pacific Northwest

College

Fairhaven College — poetry and painting with Robert Sund

Multi-semester independent study

Research

Oral history interviews — NW art luminaries

Mary Randlett · Guy Anderson · Bill Cumming · Lisel Salzer · William Radcliff

Applied Behavioral Science — Bastyr University

Career

Construction trades

The craft of which can be seen in his art

Influences

PNW Mystics

Mark Tobey · Kenneth Callahan · Guy Anderson · Morris Graves

Identified with since childhood — imitated their work in margins of school homework

PNW

George Tsutakawa · Michael Dailey · Clayton James

Material & Process — Andy's verified statements

Preferred

Salvaged or repurposed wood

Old-growth cedar from job-site dumpsters · gifted boards held by friends · roadside free piles

Holy grail

Cedar or maple burl

Andy's words: 'occasionally (the holy grail) a cedar or maple burl'

Technique

Stained and polished — NOT charred

Andy explicitly states: 'none of the work I have in the gallery is charred or weathered.' Black definition is achieved through staining and polishing.

Process — Andy's words

Construction trades inform sculptural practice

Scribing trim → carving forms; gluing up counter slabs → large stable carving blanks; finishing blackened steel → staining split or carved cedar; changing natural light in stud bays → composition inspiration

NOT in his work

Materials Andy explicitly does NOT use

No charred wood · no weathered surfaces · no plaster · no ceramic · no embedded glass (per his correction email 2026-05-01 14:30)

Themes — Andy's own words

Practice

Most often abstract — non-representational metaphors of the inner human landscape

His words verbatim from mcconnellart.com/about

Concerns

Identity · accident · balance · difference

His words verbatim

Inner landscapes

Love of people and their inner landscapes is a common visual metaphor

Andy's words from email 5/1 14:04

Location

Lives & works

West Seattle, Washington

Press / Representation — REQUIRES ANDY CONFIRMATION

PENDING

VAIN West Seattle solo (2019) — UNVERIFIED with artist

Press audit cited West Seattle Blog. Display only after Andy confirms in writing.

PENDING

VAIN West Seattle group (2021) — UNVERIFIED with artist

Same status.

PENDING

Lynn Hanson Gallery, Pioneer Square Seattle — UNVERIFIED with artist

May be current, may be outdated. Do not publish until Andy confirms.

Pieces moved to other galleries (per artist email 5/1)

Removed

Balancing Act 2, 3, 4

Removed

Cancelation Myth (and Center 3, Square 2)

Removed

Entry Point Copper Green / Green Teal

Green Teal was sold

Removed

Filter Correction · Generous Spirit 1, 2, 3

Removed

Inside Outside Bowl · Upwelling · Three Stages of Transition

Materials confirmed by artist (corrections to prior listings)

Beach Mirror

red cedar burl, painted red cedar and mirrored glass

Center Point

recycled red cedar house siding, acrylic paint

Fusion

stained Red Cedar

Just Peachy

recycled red cedar house siding, acrylic paint

One of a kind

painted and stained Douglas fir, hemlock

Portal series (each)

Douglas fir, Ecopoxy (soy-based resin), acrylic paint

Reflections of the Sun/Moon

recycled red cedar house siding and trim, Ecopoxy (soy-based resin), acrylic paint

Wind on Water

red cedar burl

Education & Formation

Influences

Material & Process — Andy's verified statements

Themes — Andy's own words

Location

Press / Representation — REQUIRES ANDY CONFIRMATION

Pieces moved to other galleries (per artist email 5/1)

Materials confirmed by artist (corrections to prior listings)

Selected Works