Huffman's paintings achieve an optical and spatial vibrancy. He draws inspiration from the Supergraphics, Hard Edge, and Optical art traditions of the West Coast, which resonates with a dynamic fusion of influences.
Huffman's meticulous approach to painting results in works that possess a distinctive sculptural quality. The paintings appear to project outward from the wall, casting shadows along their edges. Huffman also extends the composition onto the deep edges of the panels. This challenges the traditional notions of formal purity and flatness found in Hard-Edge painting, as Huffman aims to create paintings that interact with space and reflect the multifaceted nature of contemporary culture. He expresses his intention for the paintings to evoke elements of painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation simultaneously through their physical presence and visual content.
"Investigating paterns and color metaphorically, Huffman draws inspiration from locations he travels to explore. In selecting the shapes of geometric forms and the exach chrom of the colors for his compositions, he seeks to evoke elements in nature and the imagination, and in turn create physical representations of the enigmatic psychological states of seeing, feeling and thinking. "
"Building on the language of precisely positioned sharp edged color and predetermined sets of shapes arranged with an economy of means, Huffman pursues creating dynamic pattern systems, where conditions of instability foster new adaptations."
In the Studio with Andrew Huffman
Andrew Huffman describes his process.