Andy Goldsworthy was born in Cheshire, England in 1956. He was raised in Yorkshire, England. In 1974 he started college at Bradford Art College. In 1975 through 1978 Andy attended Lancaster Art College. Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist who collaborates with nature to create uniquely personal and intense works of art. Andy likes to work with raw materials such as ice, snow, leaves, bark, clay, rocks, stones, petals, feathers, and twigs. The works of art are created outdoors and they manifest, however fleeting, a sympathetic contact with the natural world. Before or as they disappear Goldsworthy records his work with superb color photographs. Andy likes to explore the tension of working in the area in which he found his materials. He is undeterred by the change in the weather which may melt, move, or washing away his work. His intention when creating these works of art out of nature is not to leave his mark on the landscape but rather to work with it instinctively so that a delicate scene of bamboo or massive snow rings, or a circle of floating leaves on a pool create a new perception and an ever growing understanding of the land.
Goldsworthy has an interesting philosophy to explain his work and why he does it and how he does it. He says for his looking, touching, material, place and form are all inseparable from his resulting work. To Goldsworthy it is difficult to determine where one stops and the other one begins. He finds the places that he decides to work with by going for walks. He determines his medium by the season or the weather. He likes to take the opportunity that the weather and day provide for him, if it is winter and it is snowing he works with snow, if it is fall he works with the leaves. When he works with a rock, a leaf or a stick it's not just about the material, its an opening into the process of life within it and around it.
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