Andree’s work as an artist in a variety of media has been shown at galleries and shows in New York, Massachusetts, California, and Maine. Although she has worked in many materials, she is currently discovering that forming, carving, and filing wax is the most pleasurable. The current collection My Silent Spring is a continuation of work she created and cast in bronze after leaving Rhode Island School of Design during a period when she felt most successful at expressing herself in sculpture. Her initial art training was with a NYC abstract expressionist, Vita Petersen. Petersen was hands on, never allowing a painting to be complete until every corner was explored. Upon graduation from Spence School, Petersen granted Andree the Spence Artists Award and sent her off to RISD to further her education. RISD was the most life changing time of her life as an artist, a virtual candy store of possibilities. She explored metal, wax, glass, hollow-ware, plaster, clay, textiles, and paper. Armed with vision and the right tools, her creativity blossomed under the instruction of some of the finest professors in the field, with lectures by artists like Claes Oldenburg along with the inspiration of fellow art students. Free time was spent under the Providence railroad tracks to scavenge iron and wood train parts for inspiration. The RISD pub was the hang where students would drink beer and eat peanuts for sustenance, while David Byrne and Tina Weymouth rocked in the background. These were pulsating times with few rules except to produce artwork in any possible way. Granted with a refreshed sense of vision, Andree is on a path to exploring more forms. Being a chef has been a huge influence, taking all the culinary parts and making a dish of texture, color, volume, smell, and taste. The kitchen is an art studio with continual passion, creativity, and gratitude. Her studio technique continues to be enhanced by working with food, ideas feeding off each other. Craft like food is essential to life. Andree’s life and work continues to be about creating beauty and intrigue.