Andy Goldsworthy

5 FACTS ABOUT ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

1. Andy Goldsworthy was born on 26th July 1956, in Cheshire, England.
2. He studied fine art at Bradford College of Art and he also trained at Preston Polytechnic.
3. He lives and works in Scotland in a village called Penpont.
4. Andy Goldsworthy produces artwork using natural materials (such as flowers, mud, ice, leaves, twigs, pebbles, boulders, snow, thorns, bark, grass and pine cones).
5. Much of his work is made outside and is meant to be temporary. He photographs the artwork and then allows it to remain in the natural environment and decay at its own rate. Sometimes he photographs the same work in different conditions.