A great weekend is coming to a close here and I think I'll wrap it up by posting about Amanda Blake, an artist I discovered while browsing on Etsy. Check out these lovely paintings...
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| Clover followed her imaginary friend everywhere |
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| Nigel and Lily embraced by the sea |
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| Rebecca wore a dress of wildflowers |
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| She made wings of love letters and cherry blossoms |
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| They built a life out of hope and flowers |
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| Where she went in the night |
I respond to the dreamlike, almost haunting quality of these pieces. The painting itself is beautiful...the muted colors and the dry, sparing way in which the paint is applied. Flat and imperfect patterns and flat perspective give the work a folky, honest feel. The figures are mysterious...gazing out at me...waiting? listening? longing for something? I am left to insert my own narrative. When I look at these works, I feel like I am remembering a nearly forgotten dream.
