Amy Bernhardt
In a time of ever increasing speed, fragmentation, and complexity, painting allows me to slow the pace, to pay attention, to find meaning and beauty. My paintings explore the way in which the external world is reflected in my inner landscape, inviting the viewer to experience the mix of the two in a way that is both personal and universal. ~AB
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"Portofino" oil pastel 10" square image, 16" square frame $800
"At Zanzibar Blue" oil pastel on Rives BFK 10" square image, 16" square frame $800
"By the By" oil pastel 10" x 10" image, 16" square framed $800
"Sus Chord" oil pastel on Rives BFK10" x 10" image (16" square framed) $800
"Marsh Lanterns" oil pastel on Rives BFK 14" square image, 20" square frame $1,800
"Aphrodite's Tears" oil pastel 14" x 14" image, 20" square frame $1,800
"Early May" oil pastel on Rives BFK 10"square image, 16" square frame" $800
"Windsung Water" oil pastel 10" square image, 16" square framed $800
"Maypole" oil pastel on Rives BFK 14" square image, 20" square frame $1,800
"Live Wire" oil pastel on Rives BFK 30" square image, 38" square frame $3,600
"Itoh" oil pastel on Rives BFK 10" square image, 16" square frame $800
"Time Will Tell" oil pastel on Rives BFK 5" x 7" image $350
"Dolphin Dance" oil pastel on Rives BFK 5" x 7" image $350 sold
Rives BFK
Made in France with 100% cotton and no optical brightening agents, it is a bright white, archival, smooth, soft and pliable sheet.
Made in France with 100% cotton and no optical brightening agents, it is a bright white, archival, smooth, soft and pliable sheet.
In 2012 I moved to Deer Isle from Boston, leaving behind my partnership in a large architectural firm to make painting my career. With that move came a transition from largely representational paintings to abstract ones, which—for me—better express and elicit feelings about the subject of the work. More than purely depicting what a thing looks like, what captures my imagination is conveying its meaning or the feelings it arouses. Many of my pieces are informed by my architectural background, so there is something of an order to them, but that is mixed with my experience on the Maine coast, where raw beauty and irregularities inevitably make their way into the work.
In a time of ever increasing speed, fragmentation, and complexity, painting allows me to slow the pace, to pay attention, to find meaning and beauty. My paintings explore the way in which the external world is reflected in my inner landscape, inviting the viewer to experience the mix of the two in a way that is both personal and universal.
In a time of ever increasing speed, fragmentation, and complexity, painting allows me to slow the pace, to pay attention, to find meaning and beauty. My paintings explore the way in which the external world is reflected in my inner landscape, inviting the viewer to experience the mix of the two in a way that is both personal and universal.
* The title refers to Anemones, known also as "Daughter of the Wind", and thought to have grown from Aphrodite's tears. Anticipation, protection, good luck.