Meet
Andrea Chebeleu
She is the owner and artist behind A Work of Heart Studio in San Jose California started in 1998.
Andrea loves her daily creative practice and sharing knowledge of materials and process with others. She finds great joy in breaking down seemingly complicated processes into simple steps and has adopted a guiding principle of "First, Not Only". The attitude of "first, not only" gives us permission to playfully explore without fear.
Andrea runs an online mixed media community called Watch.Learn.Play. where she leads weekly live sessions. She also offers live and in-person classes and retreats in both her San Jose, California and Oregon City, Oregon studios.
When not focusing on art and the business Andrea enjoys learning new things like sourdough, candle making and gardening.