Andrew Paul Lewandowski, ofm is a member for the Franciscan Province of
the Sacred Heart and a Roman Catholic priest. He has worked in parishes
in Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri and has taught High School English,
Art, and Religion in Chicago and Cleveland. He has a M.Div degree from
Catholic Theological Union of Chicago. He is presently chaplain for the
Franciscan Sisters of Mary in St. Louis; confessor for the Poor Claire Nuns of St. Louis, and part time chaplain at St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis.
Andrew is showing work at John Yimin's Outsider Art Info Gallery.
In August, 2004, Andrew joined around twenty other artists from around
the world at the London Raw Arts Festival sponsored by artist Pier
Midwinter and the Candid Arts Trust. He has been represented by Ghost
Dog Gallery and Art Mango Gallery. In March of 2006 he will participate
in the International Raw Arts Festival in Prato,Italy. He is a member
of the Whohadada Group.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT:
The act of creation is one of the best qualities we human beings
possess. I rely on an intuitive process. I "look": into myself and
allow whatever is there to emerge and express itself in images born in
my imagination. The result is a work that is spontaneous and childlike.
I use form and color to describe this inner world which is sometimes
jubilant, sometimes sad, but always honest and direct.
