there's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to.

This is one of my favorite places in my new room. There is a fireplace mantel. Beneath it is my writing desk. The mantel itself is the perfect place for many of my animal statues.

Most of my animal statues are black and/or white/cream colored, so I love how they all look together. And I finally got to hang my giant cat lady painting! I think it's the most wonderful place for her.

Someone amazing made me this fox.

I like having my Mary in the middle of all of them. I think she looks like a patron saint of animals.

Tonight is the tiny show opening, and I think I am going, even though I can hear the thunder starting already. Maybe I will see you in Portsmouth!

Love,

Amanda

to begin september with;

I am this week's cover of Boston's Weekly Dig! Free in newsstands across the city!

I don't have a full image yet, but when I do I'll add it to this post.

I hope you're all having a beautiful day.

And just a reminder that the Teeny Tiny Art Show VII opening is tomorrow night from 5 to 8 PM at Three Graces Gallery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. If Boston doesn't receive the hurricane, I will be there.

xoxox

Amanda

and the roses ran rampant

Teeny Tiny Show VII piece:

"Sparrow Jacobs and the Secret of the Unkempt Florals"

8x10", acrylic and watercolor on coffee-stained paper.

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Happy September, everyone!

It's stiflingly hot here today, but I'm so excited for the fall weather that's to come.

I'm vowing to start blogging more often again. I miss reading all your blogs and the motivation that it gives me to keep making work.

I hope you're all having a very beautiful week.

Love,

Amanda

when my art speaks for itself

Teeny Tiny Art Show VII piece:

"Annabelle Adams and the Case of Where I left my Heart"

8x10" acrylic and watercolor on coffee-stained paper

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"The time has come," the Walrus said,

"To talk of many things:

Of shoes --and ships-- and sealing wax--

Of cabbages--and kings--

And why the sea is boiling hot--

And whether pigs have wings."

-Lewis Carroll

antony and cleopatra of english literature

Teeny Tiny Art Show VII piece:

"January Epstein and the Secret of the Lost Sonnet"

8x10" acrylic and watercolor on coffee-stained paper

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I hope you're all having a beautiful end of august!

xoxo

I want to know everything you want me to know.

love nest #3: the north end in winter.

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Tonight I watched Breakfast at Tiffany's. Sunday I am moving to my new room. It's in my same apartment, but much larger with more windows, including a beautiful bay window, and a fireplace mantel. I can't wait to get it all set up.

Happy almost-saturday, everyone!

Love,

Amanda

a lavender sparrow

Jezebel Lee and the Case of the Seven Spangles

Teeny Tiny Art Show VII piece

8x10"

acrylic and watercolor on coffee-stained paper

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Another one of my pieces for the Tiny Show at Three Graces. More to come soon!

xoxo

Amanda

lucky number seven

The Teeny Tiny Art Show VII

opening: Friday, September 3rd

Three Graces Gallery

Portsmouth, NH

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Yay! I always love getting the Tiny Art Show promos from Kim.

I hope you're all doing well! My scanner and photoshop have not been in working order for a while, but I hope to get to AIB soon to scan the work I've been doing this summer.

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

xoxo

Amanda

notes from backyard at home

-watercolors circa 1940

-fluff

-the mary statue in our backyard

-sweeping the deck of peanut shells with Grampa

-water stained handwriting

-waiting for autumn as patiently as I can

-squirrels in bird houses

-"I want to feel like a bird in a bird bath."

-the way this feels like back to school time

-hummingbird touching, she is long and elegant

-tree canopy

-window boxes adorning storage sheds

-newly gessoed masonite

-light reflections

-pools of water on canvas

-mockingbirds yelling at the cat in the yard

-the familiar ache for something spectacular to read

-the need for a song that fits this feeling

-leaves rustle, dog barking

-tall clumps of lilac, white with age now

-Sammies eating remaining peanuts

-our old tree house

-the time my sister and I saw the white hawk in the woods, on a branch at eye level

women with wooden/paper stars and moons

Hi, everyone!

I have been MIA for a while and I apologize. I'm going to get back into the swing of things by sharing some images I promised to share a while back (the inspiration for the moon/star paintings I did for the 6x6 show at charmingwall):

Lucille Ball performing

A type of image I love to collect (it's very specific and I always get so excited to find more and more of them) is that of a woman posing with man-made moons and stars. Most of these images come from the span of the victorian era through the flapper/jazz age, part of a slow and steady movement towards a more free and expressive lifestyle. I love the way they were incorporated into cabaret costumes as well as backdrops.

I have a fascination and love for opera sets, but celestial ones are by far my favorite. It's just something about the white on black, the graphic representation of something so organic and beautiful, and how women felt so beautiful against that setting.

I hope someday I can build something similar.

I hope you are all having a beautiful start to your week! I'll be back soon.

xoxoxoxo

Amanda