George Andrews (1911–1996) was aself-taught artist commonly referred to as the "Dot Man".[1] He fathered ten children, including painterBenny Andrews and novelistRaymond Andrews.[2]
He was born inPlainview, Georgia, achieved a third grade education and worked as asharecropper.
Andrews often used found objects such as rocks, shoes, purses, furniture, and occasionally canvases as surfaces for his colorful artworks.[3] In addition to his dot pattern, he featured text, animals and figurative motifs in his paintings. He died of a heart attack in 1996.[4] Andrews was acutely attentive to the inherent qualities of materials he used, and of how they creased, tore, or made marks.[5]
1990–1992Folk: The Art of Benny and George Andrews. Multiple sites.[6]
1994The Dot Man: George Andrews of Madison, Georgia.Morris Museum of Art. Augusta, Georgia.
2004George Andrews: The Dot Man. Barbara Archer Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
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