I’m pleased to announce that my work is currently featured on the front and back covers of the Cimarron Review. My painting Shelter is on the front and Expatriate is on the back. The Fall 2015 issue, #193, is available online: http://cimarronreview.com/issue-193-fall-2015/.
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I’ve recently finished a new painting in my In Our Veins series. The title is Vital and it is an acrylic on canvas, 12″ wide by 6″ high. View it online here: http://amyguidry.com/vital.html.
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The opening for the group exhibition I’m in titled “Apocalypse Now” was held the other night at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, Louisiana. The exhibit is up now through January 9, 2016 and will be open late for upcoming Artwalk events in November, December, and January.
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Unite from my In Our Veins series has found a new home. This is one of the smaller paintings from the series, at 4″ wide by 4″ high, acrylic on canvas. Three paintings at this size are currently available:
http://amyguidry.com/vision.html
http://amyguidry.com/change.html
http://amyguidry.com/bind.html
Also of note- if you would like to see my work in person, I’ll be showing in the Main Gallery of the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, LA as part of a 10-person exhibition called “Apocalypse Now.” The opening is this Saturday, October 10th from 6-9pm. The exhibit will remain up through January 9th.
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I’ve recently finished some new work in my In Our Veins series. Dissociate is an acrylic on canvas, 12″ wide by 6″ high. Lately I’ve been exploring the “opposite” of many paintings in this series. Whereas in previous paintings, I relied on eyes and facial expressions to convey a sense of connection, these recent works show animals without faces or covered faces. Anonymity vs. connection- without seeing their faces, does that make them any less personable? Meaningful? And how does this apply on a global scale? These are some of the questions I’m working on with these and future paintings.
I’ve also finished a new small painting called Vision. It is an acrylic on canvas, 4″ wide by 4″ high. Both paintings were featured in my September newsletter which went out earlier this week. View them online here: http://amyguidry.com/dissociate.html and here: http://amyguidry.com/vision.html.
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One of the most popular questions I get about my art is what influences me as an artist. I could give a long list of disparate things, but really the biggest influence is nature. From a young age, I was concerned about the welfare of the planet, as well as animal welfare. Recycling and purchasing eco-friendly, cruelty-free products became a way of life for me.
Eventually a trip to the university library would lead to a significant change in my life. I came across a book about the the conditions of slaughterhouses and the horrible consequences they have on not only animals, but the workers, and the planet as well. Thinking this was a fluke, I looked for more information. After a lot of additional research, I kept finding the same horrible accounts, over and over again. I immediately became a vegetarian. A few years later I decided to take it up a notch and become a vegan.
By the time I started painting professionally, my artwork was becoming more surreal but also heavily influenced by my concern for the environment and animal welfare. I always used my art as a platform for raising awareness and asking questions, but I was looking to challenge myself even more both technically and conceptually. My current body of work, “In Our Veins,” explores the connections between all life forms and the process of the life cycle. This includes the interdependence of the human race to each other and to the rest of the animal kingdom, as well as the planet itself.
As my work reaches new audiences, there is a new opportunity for a dialogue between my art and the viewer. From there, maybe it will inspire them, get them questioning, or thinking about how they can bring forth positive change in the world.
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I’ve just finished a new addition to my In Our Veins series. This painting is titled Equal and is an acrylic on canvas, 14″ wide by 11″ high. View the painting online here: http://amyguidry.com/equal.html.
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I’m honored to have my painting Symbiotic on the cover of Camas Magazine. It is currently featured on their Summer 2015 issue. View it on their website at: http://www.camasmagazine.org/#/current-issue/.
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I’ve made a lot of progress on my latest painting in the In Our Veins series. You may recall seeing the very early stages of this painting from a previous post. The horses are now finished and I am currently building the layers of the landscape, adding fine detail work along the way. The size is 20″ wide by 10″ high, acrylic on canvas. I’ll post the finished painting as soon as it is complete, in the meantime, check out the series it comes from here: http://amyguidry.com/wild_west.html and here: http://amyguidry.com/wolfpack.html.
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I have a few photos of my current painting in progress. With the size and background on this, it is one of my more involved pieces. As with all of my paintings, I start off with a basic sketch onto the canvas.
Then I add a rough first layer of paint just to work everything in and then add numerous subsequent layers, building color and value as I go.
The fine detail work is the final step.
I will post the finished painting soon (hopefully). In the meantime, view the series here: http://amyguidry.com/wild_west.html and here: http://amyguidry.com/wolfpack.html.
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