About Andy J L Main

Andy Main is a Scottish-trained art therapist and abstract painter, based in Germany's Harz region for the past 15 years. Working primarily in acrylics and mixed media, he creates textural abstract paintings that explore the patterns and relationships found in architecture and nature.His artistic process is deeply intuitive - each mark suggests the next in an ongoing dialogue between artist and canvas. With an MSc in Art Therapy and MA in Psychology from Scottish universities, he currently works as an art therapist in a children's psychology hospital in Germany. His dual practice as both creator and therapeutic facilitator informs his understanding of art as fundamentally relational - whether between artist and artwork, or in the therapeutic triangle of client, art, and therapist. This perspective enriches his approach to abstract painting, where he seeks not just visual patterns but the deeper connections that emerge through the creative process.

In the therapeutic space, he brings this same understanding, to know what it means to sit with uncertainty, to trust the process when nothing seems to be working, to recognize that transformation often happens in the hidden layers beneath what's visible. The creative act teaches that failure isn't final - it's part of the substrate. That beauty can emerge from chaos. That we can cover over what no longer serves us and begin again.