Andy Thomas

Always interested in painting and drawing from a young age, Andy began his career with his involvement in Melbourne's early rave scene back in 1993 creating UV murals for parties. His love of electronic music and all things digital lead him into the realm of computers in 1997 after finishing a graphic design course at Monash University Melbourne. In recent years he has begun to experiment with creating a visual fusion between Nature and Technology, by taking photos of plants, insects and machines and compositing them with artificially created forms in various 3D programs. The very process of the art he creates is symbolic of mankind's continuing corruption of the natural world. His photographic endeavours have led him to such exotic locations as Borneo, Laos and the rainforests of Tasmania and the Daintree River.

I am obsessed with the idea of Self Similarity - the fractal algorithm that flows through all of nature, patterns within patterns, from the biggest Galaxies to the smallest atoms. I like to emulate this with the work that I create and the process in which I create them. Starting big then working in smaller and smaller detail. Most of my inspiration comes from nature. I am also inspired by technology and the uneasy union we as humans have with the natural world. Most of my work at the moment is focused on the idea of technology corrupting nature, mutating it into new and bizarre forms.