A Chance Encounter is the Art Before Housework Pointillism art piece I have at home.
I have loved Art Before Housework for years but I never connected the dots... I was actually gifted one of her original pointillism (lots of tiny dots) arts years ago, before I met her in person, and it hangs pride of place in my kitchen, where I smile at it all morning.
Andrea Baumert Howard, is an artist living and working in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. She says her art comes from a physical need to create. She has always loved drawing and doing crafty projects which usually ended up as gifts for friends and family or decorating her home.
She mentions that doing crafty projects helped her out of some dark times in the past and has been a way of positive meditation.
In 2010 Andrea began taking her art seriously after illustrating a children’s book for the charity Local Adoption Support Group. “Run Like the Wind – how Brik found his family”
Since 2010 she has exhibited extensively both locally in Ipswich and in Brisbane and has won several awards.
Example of Art Before Housework’s Gift Cards
Her style is still evolving and she enjoys using different mediums – different images work better in certain mediums.
About four years ago she started working with recycled paper that she had made from dyed office paper and junk mail. She then puts prints of her original pointillism drawings and watercolour art on her handmade recycled paper and sells them as A4 artworks or cards. The cards are so special I have a few of them framed at home.
Art before Housework's art comes from a physical need to create.
She prefers to do Art Before Housework!
So come on in or head over to our shop and get yourself one of these beauties so you can smile every morning at her artwork too!