Text: Sophia KercherPhotographers: Jordana Sheara
It's one of those perfect afternoons in Los Angeles, the day as crisp and bright as summer lemonade. A slight breeze rustles through Andrew Levitas' Laurel Canyon patio. The mixed-media artist has a cigarette, the requisite accessory of a dreamer, in hand.
“For me life is about creating,” the 34 year-old native New Yorker says, blowing smoke into his hand-planted garden. Levitas paints, sculpts, writes, acts and directs. But at his home/studio his mixed-media work is his most transparent passion. His elusive paintings—as big as the brand new Porsche in the driveway—decorate his living room. Sculptures of skull icons mark the entrance to a tidy kitchen, and Levitas' signature Metal Work photography hangs throughout his palatial dwelling.
“I've created this photography technology called Metal Work and essentially I shoot images and develop them on to custom materials,” Levitas says. “Then I melt them at a very low temperature onto hand-etched pieces of aluminum.”
The result is a...
