From Art Philanthropy To Artist
Biography
Andrea Maw is a contemporary oil painter, creative visionary, and lifelong advocate for the arts whose work bridges precision, emotion, movement, and narrative presence. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Andrea creates expressive works that blend realism with atmosphere, inviting viewers into moments that feel both intimate and alive.
Although painting has been part of her life since her early twenties, Andrea’s artistic path evolved alongside an accomplished career in real estate development, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and public speaking. Throughout decades of building businesses, raising two daughters, mentoring others, and contributing to her community, art remained a constant refuge and creative anchor — a deeply personal language through which she explored beauty, meaning, and emotional connection.
Artistic influence runs deeply through Andrea’s family history. Her grandfather was a respected painter in Germany during the early 1900s, and her mother, artist Ingrid Losch, painted extensively and profoundly shaped Andrea’s confidence, artistic sensibility, and passion for creative expression. Andrea became an active supporter of her mother’s career, helping introduce her work to collectors, arts patrons, and cultural institutions that championed local artists and creative development.
Andrea’s commitment to the arts extended well beyond her own studio practice. She served as a Director of the Granville Island Trust on behalf of the Federal Government of Canada during the transformation of Vancouver’s historic industrial waterfront into one of North America’s most vibrant cultural destinations. The Granville Island redevelopment fostered a thriving artistic community encompassing galleries, artisan studios, performance venues, the public market, and educational institutions devoted to visual and performing arts.
She also served for several years as a Director of Arts Umbrella, a renowned visual and performing arts institution for children. Passionate about expanding access to the arts, Andrea actively supported fundraising initiatives and scholarship efforts, including serving as Co-Chair of the organization’s annual art auction gala, which connected collectors with works generously donated by established regional artists.
Following decades devoted to business leadership and creative advocacy, Andrea embraced a long-awaited transition in 2020 — dedicating herself fully to painting from her Scottsdale studio. Since then, she has developed multiple original series exploring nature, light, movement, memory, and emotional resonance. Her work ranges from hyperrealistic oil paintings to increasingly expressive contemporary compositions that merge botanical beauty, abstraction, atmosphere, and storytelling.
Andrea’s artistic philosophy is rooted in the belief that “God is in the detail,” reflected in her sensitivity to light, texture, dimensionality, and motion. Whether capturing water in motion, luminous glass, woodland environments, underwater worlds, florals, or richly layered contemporary compositions, her paintings seek to evoke not merely observation, but sensation — inviting viewers to feel presence, energy, wonder, and emotional connection.
In recent years, Andrea has expanded her creative practice beyond painting into contemporary acrylic sculptural décor through her evolving LUXLinks collections — oversized acrylic chain link works and installations that merge fine art, design, color, and modern spatial expression. This multidisciplinary approach reflects her continued exploration of how art can shape atmosphere, emotion, and human experience.
A gifted communicator and mentor, Andrea has also spent decades teaching entrepreneurial thinking, personal growth, and vision-centered leadership to thousands of individuals, including missionary and village communities in Zambia, Africa. Today, she channels that same desire to inspire through visual expression — creating artwork intended not only to be seen, but deeply felt.
Through every chapter of her journey, Andrea’s work has remained centered on transformation: transforming spaces, transforming emotion, and reminding people of the beauty, possibility, and vitality woven into everyday life.
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Education
Andrea studied painting with her mother, Ingrid Losch, a professional artist whose painting career spanned the 1960s to 2016 in Vancouver, Canada
Style
Andrea specializes in oils on canvas. Her works are currently featured in two contemporary series in shows, galleries and in online juried exhibitions.
Exhibitions + Awards
2026. Shemer Art Center Jury Selected ‘Art In The Garden’ Exhibition of 40 Local Artists
2026 Finalist Award Camelback Gallery Open Competition for ‘Breakfast’
2023 Talent Prize Award TeraVarna Open Competition for ‘Stillness’
2023 Honorable Mention Award TeraVarna Open Competition for ‘Crystal Clear’, ‘Yellow Dress’, ‘Forest Lake’
2023 Merit Award Grey Cube Gallery Water for ‘Crystal Clear’, ‘Stillness’, ‘Forest Lake’
2023 7th Annual Cormody Foundation Grant Recipient for “The Good Arts Project’
2023 Jurors’ Choice Award, Camelback Gallery Open Competition for ‘Forest Lake’
2022 Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery International ‘Shades of Green’ Competition for ‘Crystal Clear’
2022 Greater Phoenix Economic Council ‘The Ties That Bind’ Exhibit featuring ‘Bouquet’
2021 Merit Award, Grey Cube Gallery Painting + Photography 2021 for ‘Crystal Clear’
2021 Best In Show Platinum Award, Camelback Gallery Realism 2021 for ‘Chandelier’
2021 Honorable Mention, Art Room Gallery 2021 “Waters” Competition for ‘Crystal Clear’
2021 Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery Open 2021 International Painting Competition for ‘Lightful Vases’
2021 Honorable Mention, Grey Cube Gallery Floral Competition for ‘Lightful Vases’
2021 Honorable Mention, Grey Cube Gallery Open 2021 Competition for ‘Crystal Clear’ and ‘Chandelier’
2021 Certificate of Participation, Luxembourg Art Prize, Luxembourg, 2021 for ‘Crystal Clear’, ‘Shimmer: Light Through Pretty Glass’, ‘Chandelier’, ‘Diamonds’, and ‘Bouquet’
July 2021 Featured Artist + One Year Residency,Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2020 Certificate of Participation, Luxembourg Art Prize, Luxembourg, 2020 for “Concert Poster’
Galleries
FOUND:RE Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ Dec 2021-March 2022 exhibit for ‘Crystal Clear’ and ‘Chandelier’
Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 2020 and 2021 online www.XanaduGallery.com exhibit of various Individual Works
Catalogues/Publications
Art Seen
WOMEN’s CAUCUS for ART Dec 15/2021-Feb28/2022 “Bouquet’
Orange County Holiday Catalogue 2021
Artlink Phoenix Urban Guide, online www.ArtistsAZ.com
ARTWEEK Camelback Gallery Feature Announcement July 2021 ‘Diamonds’
Xanadu Gallery Art Catalogue Nov-Dec 2021 ‘Lightful Vases’
Xanadu Gallery Art Catalogue Jul-Aug 2021 ‘Bouquet: All Blood Runs Red Under The Skin’
Xanadu Gallery Art Catalogue May-Jun 2021 ‘Diamonds’, ‘Diamond + Two Settings’, ’Chandelier’
Xanadu Gallery Art Catalogue Nov-Dec 2020 ‘Crystal Clear’
Associations
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society - Member Various Years
Oil Painters of America - Associate Member Various Years
Private Collectors
Cynthia and Michael Griffin, Scottsdale, AZ
Kimberly and Allan Henderson, Santa Rosa, CA
Connie Kreiner-Chastain, Scottsdale, AZ
Herbert and Ingrid Losch, Peachland, BC, Canada
Amanda and Matthew McNulty, Tacoma, WA
Ronald Meronk, Scottsdale, AZ
Lauren and Rodney Meronk, Scottsdale, AZ
Series
‘Light Through Glass, Gems + Jewels’
This series is a study in light, shadow and all the nuances of their interplay, as a reflection of our true inner nature - as beings of light with all the same qualities of the interplay between shadow and light.
‘Truth Serums’
Andrea's new series ‘Truth Serums’ is a shift from portraying a particular object with the metaphor of becoming whole as individuals, to portraying ideas, in particular fundamental truths about our humanness in terms of our relationship to each other, and to the world. This series explores how we bring our diversity together into unity so that we can evolve from the power of being individual co-creators to that of a community of co-creators working at the intersection of diversity towards a common vision for fresh visions, solutions and new goals.
‘Silk Scarf’
Andrea’s ‘Silk Scarf’ series feature works designed as artwork of which the images translate to fine silk scarves with border, while the original artwork stands on its own with or without the border as an option when permanently stretching the canvas.
‘Woodland’
Andrea evolved the ‘Woodland’ series from the inspiration of painting a woodland themed mural for her granddaughter’s nursery. This series was debuted at the Shemer Art Center’s Jury Selected ‘Art In The Garden’ Exhibition of 40 local artists. Andrea also offered this series as momento 6”x6” Limited Edition Signed Prints in gold and multi-color acrylic frames.