Andy Dewantoro
Born in 1973 in Tanjung Karang, Lampung, Indonesia, Andy Dewantoro graduated from Bangung Institute of Technology in 2000 with a degree in Interior design. He currently lives and works in Indonesia. While his earlier works tended towards abstraction, it was during his residency in Europe that Dewantoro was strongly influenced by the Romantic landscapes of 19th century visionairies William Turner and John Constable, initiating the development of his own cinematic landscape paintings. His monochromatic palettes of mostly black, purple, white and grey lend his paintings an enigmatic quality. Dewantoro has since expanded his colour palette to include brighter, earthier tones, but maintains his focus on the landscape.