geese on the wall

While home for the holidays, I found some beautiful old family photos of my Nana, Grampa, mom, and aunt in the 1950s.

Since mid-century aesthetics are the biggest inspiration behind my paintings, these photos are special to me on a number of levels. The objects, patterns, and clothing in these photos speak volumes to me about my Nana. At the same time, they fill me with ideas for new paintings that touch on my personal artistic intentions as well as my heritage, which I find to be responsible for my creative work to begin with.

My great aunt and my Nana

 my aunt, Nana, and mom

 My Nana (left) with some friends

 My mom and aunt :)

 My mom playing piano with a friend

 My Nana and Grampa

 My mom, Nana, and aunt

 My Nana's high school portrait

 My Nana and mom (left) with friends

 Nana and friends

 Nana (left) and friends

 Nana and Mom

 Nana and Grampa (right) on their wedding day

Mom and Nana's mother 

Mom

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I hope you have all had the most wonderful holiday season! We woke up to snow this morning after such a snowless month. It was a wonderful Christmas.

Happy New Year to you all and see you soon!

Xo

Sunday in Boston

Tomorrow is the Bazaar Bizarre Boston! 

 Noon to 6 p.m. at the Cyclorama Center in the South End (539 Tremont Street).

In addition to prints and post cards, I'll also be selling some new products.

Gift Tags - 10 tags; $6

 Double-sided Ornaments - one for $6, two for $10

Temporary Tattoos - 10 tattoos; $8

I hope you all had a pleasant weekend. 

xo, Amanda

walking in a winter wonderland

I recently had the immense honor of adding my illustrations to Ode Boutique's winter lookbook. It is one of the funnest jobs I've ever done!

Working with beautiful photos of such a lovely model was a neat way to play off of my own lady paintings. 

Ode Boutique is having their monthly Arts Night Out tomorrow night from 6-8 pm to celebrate the season. If you're in the Northampton area, you should check it out!

studies

 "Birch Study"

 "Pine Study"

"Star Study in Pink"

(all available as 8x10 prints in my etsy shop, print/paper doll bogo sale still on until December 15th!)

I made these in concurrence with another project that I'll be sharing really soon!

I hope you're all having a lovely week.

xo, Amanda