Andrew Hem

**teho** · April 3rd, 2008, 01:05 PM

found today his website...
http://andrewhem.com/painting.htm

he is absolutely awesome, my had just blowed away! very interesting colors and ideas, check his site!!!

**Justin.** · April 3rd, 2008, 01:35 PM

Full tuition ride to ACCD???? I didn't even know they DID that anymore!

This stuff is sick! Thanks for the heads up!

**teho** · April 3rd, 2008, 01:43 PM

Justin,
i actually found him thru this site http://www.artistaday.com/?cat=9
there are tons of kicking ass artists! i'm just spending another hour by looking at their works...

**Hyskoa** · April 3rd, 2008, 02:51 PM

How did someone like this get a full scolarship?
Rich parents or so, accd grasping for donations?

**Serpian** · April 4th, 2008, 10:05 AM

Wow, this guy actually deserves getting told 'nice style'. Really cool!

**bhanu** · April 4th, 2008, 12:19 PM

hes got a blog
idrewhim.blogspot.com
i think hes a friend of steve kim's...I think

**steve kim** · February 8th, 2010, 09:53 AM

not to dig up an old post or anything but i stumbled on this googling stuff. ya i know andrew from art center. went in and got out at the same time.

more importantly he has a solo show up right now at le basse and it's kick ass: http://lebasseprojects.com/current/andrew_hem.html

**Kraus** · February 8th, 2010, 03:21 PM

Wicked style, not sure about subject matter though..

**wesburt** · February 8th, 2010, 04:29 PM

yeah! love andrews stuff

**Ivory_Oasis** · February 8th, 2010, 05:28 PM

I don't get it....

**Raoul Duke** · February 9th, 2010, 05:16 AM

Originally Posted by Ivory_Oasis

I don't get it....

What isn't there to get?

**Ivory_Oasis** · February 9th, 2010, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Raoul Duke

What isn't there to get?

Why people are drooling over it? Or why he is selling paintings for 4,000$? ...

Makes me wana be a "gallery artist" though hehe.

**wesburt** · February 9th, 2010, 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Ivory_Oasis

Why people are drooling over it? Or why he is selling paintings for 4,000$? ...

Makes me wana be a "gallery artist" though hehe.

you dislike it enough to make a few snide insults?
MAYBE IT'S JUST NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA!

**swulf** · February 9th, 2010, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by Ivory_Oasis

Why people are drooling over it? Or why he is selling paintings for 4,000$? ...

Makes me wana be a "gallery artist" though hehe.

Maybe 4000 dollars looks too much from your perspective but if you look how much money earns somebody like Britney Spears,Lady Gaga or average athlete then compare 4000 dollars is really nothing for what this guy does.This guy probably work as hard as anybody and he is good at it so he deserve decent money.I agree that life sometimes can be unfair but that is not the case here.Sorry for bad English.

**steve kim** · February 9th, 2010, 06:51 PM

And the cost for each painting is split 50/50 so if a painting is $4000, only $2000 goes to the artist.

May still seem like a lot? Well thing about what an 'average' living salary is. US median income is around 50,000. For an artist to make a living SOLELY on his painting, with each painting selling or $2k, that means he has to sell 25 paintings a year. That's a lot. And that's not including studio and material costs and massive student loans and all the little things you need as an artist.

When you factor in how difficult it is to get a solo show in the first place, how difficult it is for that show to sell out, and how easyit is for your work to slip in and out of popularity... You realize that $4000 a painting is not that much at all. So next time you are at a gallery with red dots next to paintings that are $10000 or more don't assume the artist is living large, because if he has a family and 'normal people' accouterments then he's supplementing (or more like subsidizing) his art with day jobs and teaching and all that.

When you understand the reality of things with fine art you reaaaaaaaally aren't doing it for the money.

This is why when you are around art people you hear about 'community' and networking. It's not just to get ahead as individual. In many respects it's a kindof support group. Just like how it's easier to survive on a deserted island if you are not alone, so to is the case in fine art.

**Ivory_Oasis** · February 9th, 2010, 06:52 PM

Originally Posted by wesburt

you dislike it enough to make a few snide insults?
MAYBE IT'S JUST NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA!

What insults?....

I just don't understand it, that isn't an insult.

**Raoul Duke** · February 9th, 2010, 07:36 PM

The insult is you don't seem to understand this guy has earned the money he's asking for. He has a unique talent and has worked very hard and sacrificed for it, just like you are doing now.

You'd understand how an artist could charge four grand if you had to worry about paying back loans to Art Center, maybe starting a family, traveling across the world to sell his work and the investments he has to make to keep progressing. Let's face it his work is probably a worthy investment, no different than precious metals.

**nauvice** · February 9th, 2010, 09:59 PM

his work is awesome!! And a lot more impressive than some 'fine' artists who are living large for making kitsch marketable art

**CGMonkey** · February 10th, 2010, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by Ivory_Oasis

What insults?....

I just don't understand it, that isn't an insult.

Your insult was the fact that you phrased your comment in such an utterly deragatory manner, indicating that you somehow was equal to the artist in question: which you simply aren't. Seeing your sketchbook, it's clear that you have a lot of focus on technical ability.. You probably rate other works of art by their technical achievment or shortcomings. There are other kinds of qualities in art, which you are obliged, as an artist, to look for and discover.

**Ivory_Oasis** · February 10th, 2010, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by CGMonkey

Your insult was the fact that you phrased your comment in such an utterly deragatory manner, indicating that you somehow was equal to the artist in question: which you simply aren't.

Now you are the one being insulting...

**wesburt** · February 10th, 2010, 11:41 AM

hey ivory, why don't you just tell us your real name so we can know when you have a solo show in LA with $4000 paintings

**Raoul Duke** · February 10th, 2010, 01:20 PM

This thread should be renamed Ivory Oasis doesn't understand Andrew Hem.

**Bill** · February 10th, 2010, 02:12 PM

Andrew Hem is a name I see linked in a lot of the blogs of California Visual Development art types. It looks like the guy takes his stuff seriously and I'd say it's a pretty nice thing to see him land some success from it. If you can get a painting of his today for $4k then I'd say it's probably a wise investment. I don't know if this guy is on a similar track as Jeff Soto or Jonathan Weiner but he might be and I'm guessing those guys are getting more than $4 grand a painting. I might be wrong but I think a few years ago Jeff Soto was getting $25 thousand.