Born in Montreal, Quebec, Andrea also lived in Yukon Territory and calls Fall River (HRM) and Whitehead, Nova Scotia home. She studied art with the University of Southern California, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design extended studies, and has taken workshops with professional artists in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
Andrea is a member of several art groups/collectives and an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists. She volunteered as a docent at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia for 15 years and continues to volunteer for organizations dear to her heart.
Her artwork has been purchased by the Nova Scotia Art Bank (2009) and is published in Nova Scotia’s Contemporary Artists Volume II (2010), International Women Celebrate, 100 Women Artists Reflect (2011), Arabella Magazine (2013), Our World in Colours and Forms, Hungarian Visual Artists of Canada, Fifteen Years (2014), Arabella Magazine as a showcase artist (2020) and in Newfoundland Quarterly, Volume 115, Number 3, Winter 2022/23. Her artwork has received awards and recognition.
In 2017 she published “Visual Haiku - A Mother Daughter Journey”, an art and poetry collaboration with her daughter Jasmin Stoffer, which is available through Blurb. In 2017/2018 Andrea participated in Rørpost International Art Collaboration with Danish artists. This exhibit was held at the Discovery Center Halifax in 2017 and Atriumgarden Esbjerg Radhus in 2018. Andrea also published “Roar Lion Roar” a children’s book (2022) featuring her art blob illustrations and simple words. In 2025 her artwork was featured on the Halifax Camerata Singers new album inhale|exhale released on Nov. 15th.
Andrea's art hangs in private and corporate collections in Canada, USA, Mexico, South America, Europe and Asia.

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Andrea sees potential in the chaos of everyday life. Through sensory memory, she discovers connectivity by transforming ephemera and paint into joyful florals, enchanting avifauna and thought provoking narratives. With mixed media she manipulates surface by creating layers until the subject emerges. Oil painting is her medium of choice in creating emotive and sublime seascapes.