For our latest round of Artist Series Bandanas, we’re partnering with four of the most exciting contemporary artists in the world to bring you a limited collection of timeless, wearable pieces. These beautiful and versatile bandanas can be admired on a wall or worn for protection against the elements, among a million other uses.

Andrea Marie Breiling, one of four featured artists, has found her place in Los Angeles. Originally from Phoenix, a place she couldn’t escape fast enough, Breiling has made her home in the only city as vibrant and alive as the colors in her paintings. Excitingly abstract and inviting of your own interpretation, Breiling’s pieces give you something new to absorb at every glance.

You can get your hands on the Andrea Marie Breiling edition of The Hundreds Artist Series Bandanas on January 21 from The Hundreds App and Online Shop. A portion of the profits will be donated to a cause very close to the artist’s heart: Helping Hands For Single Moms. For now, take a look at some of our favorite work by Breiling and a conversation we had recently with the artist.

Where are you from and when did you start creating art?
Phoenix Arizona, and since I was a kid. 

How would you describe your artistic style?
I’m an abstract painter, not sure if that’s a style tbh. But, that’s my answer. [Laughs] 

How did 2020 impact your life?
Was in many ways a reflection of what an artist’s life is, typically. We are alone a lot and the more you isolate yourself, the more work you do and the better it can get. I hate to say it, but in many ways, it was nice to have no commitments, no social gatherings to draw me away from what I really need to be doing. Which is painting and that I do very much alone.

Did being quarantined during the pandemic change your creative process at all?
I would say not much I was very fortunate to have a studio I got to continue going to every day.  

When you look back on your work from this era, how will it make you feel?
I believe there will be a sense of longing for or a simpler time. Yes, so much sadness and pain, but there is something that happens to humanity when we all have to come to a halt together. A sense of collective belonging to a greater cause (and in turn a better way of life, I could only hope) that maybe even now we don’t even realize.

Have you ever made wearable art like these bandanas?
I love the piece you all chose, a very timely work called “Where’s The Lie America.” I think it’s great. I love it.  

What can you tell us about the piece featured on the bandana in particular?
The piece came about organically. However, when I stepped back, paused, and really looked at the work, I realized it was the color of the American flag and it really affected me. I think it was around this time that the protests began and I was out on the streets begging America, like many others, to think about how racist it was we all are and the changes that needed to happen, and how white supremacy was the main problem setting us all back from being truly free. The flag seemed like a lie, everything felt like a lie. America and all its glory had been exposed. Instead of destroying the work, I titled it instead to remind myself of that pivotal moment in our history, in my history. “Where’s the lie America,” a term we use as slang to simply say it’s all a lie. I guess from there, the work can be interpreted however one would like.

What did you learn this past year that you’ll put to good use in 2021?
It’s ok to say no to things because it makes you feel uncomfortable or not safe, even if it is your career on the line or at stake. Your true friends and support system will be there no matter what reasons you need to retreat are for even if it’s simply for your own sanity.  

What’s next for you and your art?
I have a bunch going on but at the end of the month, I have a solo show opening in New York with a new space called Broadway Gallery. They represent artists like Devon Troy Strother and Sarah Cain. I’m very excited about my new work and extra thrilled to be showing it with Pascal and Joe, the two guys behind the gallery.

How do you like working on a collaboration like this versus your own project?
It’s fun I really enjoy seeing the work that I make in the privacy of my studio alone take a new shape and form. It’s like the work lives on in different shapes and forms and that’s really so cool! Any dream collaborations you’d like to tackle in the future? I’ve loved the idea of my work overlapping into the realm of fashion editorial for a designer brand someone special of course that I have always admired. Like if Alexander McQueen was still living I’d be beyond floored to partner with him in any capacity. I believe he’s a true artist/visionary and I could only be so lucky to see him in action and the things I could learn.