Amanda is a figurative painter living and working in New England. She earned her BFA in Painting at The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2023.

Artist Statement

In an overwhelmingly uncertain world, the walls we build around ourselves have become havens. They stretch down pathless hallways, quietly perceptive to the passing of time. They are stoic structures that shelter our bodies, our thoughts, and our memories. A quiet room has the uncanny ability to allow one to curl into themselves; to enter a world of thought and self-reflection. Our inner experiences are rich, but, like a room with a closed door, our thoughts and reveries are naturally internalized. 

My work expresses the inner experience of an individual, the essence of memory, and passing of time through the development of space. Windows are visual and metaphorical thresholds, allowing the external world to shine through, illuminating even the deepest corners of an interior space. From a sheltered vantage point, the inner being can peer out into a surrounding expanse. It is here that the innermost being is faced with the infinite nature of space, and of the finite nature of itself.

The representation of space in my work is psychological rather than literal, it is a representation of the relentless passage of time, and of the overwhelmingly expansive world that exists within and beyond ourselves.