He studied fine art at Bradford College of Art and he also trained at Preston Polytechnic. He was influenced by Robert Smithson, Constantin Brâncuși, Joseph Beuys, Ben Nicholson.

 

Andy Goldsworthy produces artwork using natural materials (such as flowers, mud, ice, leaves, twigs, pebbles, boulders, snow, thorns, bark, grass and pine cones). Much of his work is made outside and is meant to be temporary.

 

He photographs the artwork and then allows it to remain in the natural environment and decay at its own rate. Sometimes he photographs the same work in different conditions. He has shown his work in many exhibitions and he’s published several books containing photographs of his environmental art, including: Arch, Wood, Passage, Enclosure and Stone.