Happy Friday dears! Directly inspired by Monday's post about New Mexico, today I will be sharing with you the wonderful world of artist Amy Alice Thompson. I recently came across her work on The Jealous Curator {one of my favorite sources for contemporary art} and absolutely fell in love with her use of vintage landscapes, mixed media {a technique that is one of my personal favorites}, nostalgia, geometric shapes, and of course GOLD. I don't know about you, but I'm about ready to pack my bags and head out for a road trip of the Southwest!
More about Amy..."Amy's work has centred on re-contextualizing imagery from the 40's and 50's through mixed media. Her work explores themes of memory, childhood, and the natural world through the mediums of drawing, painting, and collage. She studied Fine Art at York University and graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto/Florence, Italy) with Honours in 1995. Her work has been exhibited across Canada as well as New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Berlin. She has exhibited with The Ottawa Art Gallery (Ottawa), Art Interiors (Toronto) and Diane Farris Gallery (Vancouver). She has received support from the City of Ottawa, Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council and her imagery has been featured on book, magazine and album covers." - Amy Alice Thompson
Images via Amy Alice Thompson
oh wow, these are awesome! i love the thid one the most :)
ReplyDeletexo, Brikena
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Love the gold foil inspired art!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work! I think the gold is what really does it for me. It radiates warmth.
ReplyDeleteI adore collage artists and painters. Of course, digital or photo art can be great too. But there's something intimate when you look at a piece and know that this woman made it with her own hands. Visiting her exhibition and seeing the originals of works would be a pure delight.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing her art with us.
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oh i absolutely adore these. i concur that gold foil is so stunning with these retro images. it totally transform them without losing their essence. love!
ReplyDeletei completely agree with you. plus, i love the texture that mixed media gives to a piece. the simplicity of her work is what makes it so special to me. i hope you're having a lovely weekend so far yulia!
ReplyDeletei couldn't agree with you more, and i love how unexpected it is. it definitely plays up the surreal beauty of nature :)
ReplyDeletei'm so glad you liked it whitney!
ReplyDeletethanks so much for the comment, hope you're having a lovely weekend so far :)
i totally agree with you sarah! i find myself just looking through photos of warm destinations on my pinterest board, i am just so ready for winter to be over. thanks for the sweet comment...hope you're having a great weekend so far!
ReplyDeletei have said it before but i will say it again, you are truly a girl after my own heart! impressionism will always be my true love...i visit the musee d'orsay every time i am in paris :)
ReplyDeletethank you jessica!!
ReplyDeletethank you brikena! i know, the mountains and fields of gold in the third piece are so very beautiful. i'd love to be there right now :)
ReplyDeletei'm so glad you like them christine! i love how unexpected the gold geometric shapes are, they play off the surreal beauty of the landscapes so perfectly :) hope you're having a lovely weekend so far!
ReplyDeleteLove the retro spin with the old 50s inspired travel themes
ReplyDeleteamy alice thompson just captured my heart- gorgeous landscapes with a pop of minimalist gold? merging two kinds of natural forms (landscape and shape) so well makes for some kind of lovely artwork. i'm heading over to check out the jealous curator now :)
ReplyDeletei know you would love these!
ReplyDeletethanks, i will definitely check out your post...it sounds lovely :)
ReplyDeletei'm so glad you loved it! let me know what you think about the jealous curator's website...it is definitely one of my favorites :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these! So well done!
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