Andy Mister: I always knew it would come to this

I always knew it would come to this, Andy Mister’s third exhibition with Rebecca Camacho Presents, is a compendium of exquisitely rendered still life drawings in oil pastel on linen. Most of the floral arrangements that comprise Mister’s subject matter have been sourced from books about flowers that the artist has acquired at secondhand stores over the last few years. The bold and saturated colors Mister works in are a direct reference to photographic processes – harkening back to the history of photography through the reddish brown hues of sepia-toned prints and the rich blues of the cyanotype. Two drawings in I always knew it would come to this were produced in collaboration with Oakland based multi-disciplinary artist, Tosha Stimage, whose vibrant floral bouquets serve as the source imagery for Saint Flora and Saint Flora II, named for Stimage’s floral studio in San Francisco.