Based in Margaret River, Amanda paints fulltime in her home studio overlooking the bush. Inspired by the beauty and calm of the familiar, Amanda selects personal treasures and overlooked objects, thereby embedding memories in her still life and interior compositions. Amanda's imagined interior works depict common landscapes that aim to connect the viewer’s memories, present and past, evoking feelings of nostalgia.
Amanda takes inspiration from those simple moments when light passes through a piece of glass or reflection is noted causing her to pause, calm and see the beauty of the everyday. Her works explore the notion of gratitude and the extent that everyday items can merge with creativity to result in harmony and joy.
Amanda delights in the texture of oil paint. Upon close inspection, textured brush marks give her, as the artist, a remaining visual presence in the work. Focussing on light and shadow, Amanda often includes elements from her garden, with a desire that the viewer feel a more personal connection to the work.
Finalist
2024 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery, QLD
2024 Inside This Box Art Prize - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
2023 Unearthed Art Prize - Art to Art Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Salon - Qld
Little Things Art Prize - Saint Cloche Gallery, Sydney
Exhibitions
2024 Foraged and Found Group Exh - Petite Collection
Arts Margaret River 50th Birthday Exh, Margaret River Heart, WA
Bluethumb x Southern Buoy 40 x 40 Collab - Bluethumb Adelaide Gallery, SA
Moments and Milestones, The Toowoomba Gallery, QLD
Grammar Art Show - Toowoomba, QLD
Inside this Box Group Exh - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
2023 Major Mini Group Exh - Petite Collection, QLD
Xmas Mini Show - The Toowoomba Gallery, QLD
Sweet and Sour Group Exh - Petite Collection
Margaret River Region Open Studios, Sept 9-24
Quiet - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
The Everyday Group Exh - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
Luxury Living Group Exh - Curated by Mia Oatley for Petite Collection Au
Modern Tables Exh - Bluethumb Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Colour Lover Group Exh - Curated by Mia Oatley for Petite Collection Au
Inside this Box Group Exh - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
2022 Think Pink Group Exh - Curated by Mia Oatley for Petite Collection Au
Margaret River Region Open Studios
STILL Group Exh - Brunswick St Gallery, VIC
Inside This Box Group Exhibition - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
2021 Inside This Box Group Exhibition - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
2020 Still Life Online Exhibition - No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
HOME Group Exhibition - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW
8 x 10 Group Exhibition - The Corner Store Gallery, NSW