Artist's Bio

Andie Thrams (b. 1952, Oakland, CA) is a California-based painter and book artist. Her lifelong devotion to creative work in wilderness locations, especially within the pages of her field journals, has evolved into artist's books and paintings held in prominent private and public collections at Yale University and the University of California, among others. Her work is widely exhibited and has been honored by institutions including Sitka Center for Art & Ecology and Yosemite Renaissance. She earned a BA in art practice from the University of California, Berkeley, and she teaches for San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco State University, and more. She is currently at work on two series, "In Forests" and "Field Studies." These projects, which involve both artist's books and paintings, document her experiences during treks on foot and by kayak into forests from California to Alaska. Andie has been a working artist since high school; she has worked as botanical illustrator, graphic designer, exhibition designer, cartographer, calligrapher, art educator, river guide, waitress, grocery bagger, ticket seller and occasional publisher, as Larkspur Graphics. She lives in a rural town in the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada, with her husband.