Many of Andy's drawings translate to a stay in a rustic cabin in the woods and various trips around the area, including Carrcross which stands for Caribou Crossing.

Animals and other mammals can face environmental obstacles communicating and expressing themselves in a unique way in their surroundings, and that was what interested him. With more and more extreme weather events, humans are also facing these adverse conditions, and so we have more than hunting in common, we have to survive.

Andy puts symbols, markings, or scratched out numbers to further a dialogue between artist and viewer.

He studied at Lakefield College School in Peterborough, Ontario and later took printmaking at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff Arizona.

In explaining to an interested art collector at the annual Moss Street Paint-In, Victoria B.C. (the largest art walk in Canada) Andy spoke to an art collector about wilderness and wildlife in the north, "This is what I have tried to capture in my art - the way the different species use different methods and body language to respond to adverse conditions."

Some of the elements in the pictorial language, such as the three circles have to do with the optics in the northern hemisphere and how they appear, either through illusion or for a short period during the day that expresses an otherworldly effect.

Andy stayed in a cabin by Atlin Lake to get the feeling for the Yukon Art Series doing many drawings and coming up with concepts incorporated into this artwork.

Thank you for taking a look at hopefully fresh ideas about Canada's North.

If you would like to collect this artwork or commision Andy to do any artwork Contact him at agiff674@protonmail.com or call 250-686-4570.