"Where flowers bloom, so does hope."
— Lady Bird Johnson

My Story

My name is Andrea but I've always been known as Andy.  The name of my art business comes from the phrase people have said to me all my life — "Oh Andy!"

I have been working with fibers, starting with knitting at age 4. Merging my loves, I combine crochet or knitting with my own interpretation of freehand wool embroidery, often embracing haphazard stitches and elements of imperfection. I enjoy experimenting on non-traditional surfaces; I mostly embroider on crocheted wire, but have also embellished a rattan chair, tennis rackets and snowshoes.

Since the inception of O&Y Studio, my work has been featured in some wonderful publications. The Recognition tab of this website has a list. In 2023 I was chosen to be a Cities Program Artist for ArtPop Street Gallery. Over the course of that year, my art was displayed on a vinyl billboard along interstates and highways, on digital billboards in our region and throughout the USA, as well as in New York’s Times Square. Seeing the mega-sized image of my embroidery has been the art high of my life!

In 2024 I was honored to join Nine Eighteen Nine Studio Gallery as a resident artist. I am currently working on a series with a conservation theme.