Sorry everyone due to unexpected circumstances I am unable to open my studio today. Sorry to anyone who was hoping to visit. Cross fingers I am better tomorrow to welcome you in.
Amanda is a self taught artist, painting fulltime in her home studio in Margaret River. Amanda was a finalist 2023 in the Unearthed Art Prize at Art to Art, in Melbourne. Finalist 2022 in Lethbridge 20000, Qld, Salon des Refuses and the Little Things Art Prize at Saint Cloche, Sydney. Amanda has been in finalist and exhibited in multiple group shows and held in collections and galleries across Australia.
Inspired by her immediate surroundings, Amanda selects familiar treasures and overlooked objects, thereby embedding memories in her still life and interior compositions. Amanda's interior works depict familiar landscapes and small details provide a narrative to daily life. Simple moments noted causing her to pause, calm and see the beauty of the everyday. Her works explore the notion of gratitude and personally explore the extent that everyday items can merge with creativity to result in harmony and joy.
Delighting in the texture of oil paint, visible brush marks give her a remaining visual presence in the work. Amanda also often includes elements from her garden, with a desire that the viewer feel a more personal connection to the piece.