Happy to share two new paintings in the In Our Veins series. First is Uprooted which features an Afghan hound, one of the oldest domestic dog breeds in the world, dating back to 4000 BC, and also the first dog to be cloned. A fun little fact about this piece: the background landscape is inspired by 18th century painter George Stubbs’s The Kongouro from New Holland. Uprooted is an acrylic on canvas, 10″ wide by 8″ high, and you can find it on my website here: https://amyguidry.com/gallery/uprooted/index.html.
Next up is The Committee of Indecision which was created for Modern Eden Gallery’s Harvest exhibition. Harvest explores the symbolism of fruit and vegetables in art. The grapefruit is associated with many meanings, avoidance being one of them. This piece is an acrylic on canvas, 8″ wide by 6″ high, and available through Modern Eden Gallery’s website here: https://www.moderneden.com/collections/all/products/the-committee-of-indecision.
Happy to share my new painting Lumen which features a Calleta silkmoth. Most nocturnally active moths are attracted to light, a phenomenon known as positive phototaxis, but in Lumen, the light comes from the moth, as they represent life in my paintings. Lumen is an acrylic on canvas, 5″ wide by 5″ high, and available at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans as well as via their website: https://www.lemieuxgalleries.com/art/lumen-by-amy-guidry.
Happy to share my new painting Nocturnal Beauty. It features a melanistic barn owl which are extremely rare (only 1 in 100,000). In the UK, there are only 3 known black barn owls, all of which live in sanctuaries. Nocturnal Beauty is an acrylic on canvas, 10″ wide by 10″ high, and you can view it on my website here: https://amyguidry.com/nocturnal-beauty.html.
Sharing my new painting Biodiversity. This piece features two tarsiers, which are small leaping primates found only in the islands of Southeast Asia. Biodiversity is a fun homage to the diversity of nature, inspired by bold colors and mixed prints seen in fashion. It features a mix of plants not normally found together in nature, and most of their colors have been exaggerated or altered to add to the whimsy of the painting. Biodiversity is an acrylic on canvas, 6″ wide by 8″ high and available through LeMieux Galleries’ 2021 Online Holiday Show: https://lemieuxgalleries.com/show/lemieux-galleries-2021-online-holiday-show
Sneak preview of a sketch for an upcoming painting. This piece features tarsiers which are small primates found in Southeast Asia. I did something a little different with this piece and opted to use plants that are not normally found together, just intuitively going on what I felt the piece needed regarding color and texture. This is a cropped view- the total size is 6″ wide by 8″ high.
Happy to announce my painting Expatriate is featured in the current issue of Birdy Magazine. If you’re in Colorado, you can pick up a print copy of Issue 84 or you can view it online on their website: https://www.birdymagazine.com/issue/084/.
Three of my paintings are part of LeMieux Galleries’ Petite LeMieux online exhibition going on now through May 2nd. The exhibition on Artcloud consists of pieces by gallery artists that are under $500. Featured are Intricate, Woven, and Clear-Cut, all acrylic on canvas. Woven and Intricate have sold, Clear-Cut is available online here: https://artcld.com/art/2185171.
Well, the New Growth group exhibition I’m in is under lockdown but some good news is it’s gotten coverage on Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s website. And my painting Illumination is one of the works featured (seen on the top left). You can read the full article on Beautiful Bizarre’s website: https://beautifulbizarre.net/2020/04/01/modern-eden-gallery-exhibition/
“Praesidio” by Amy Guidry; Acrylic on canvas; 4″ x 4″; SOLD; (c) Amy Guidry 2020
One of my little bunny paintings is finished and now online. This painting is titled Praesidio, which is Latin for protection. Praesidio is an acrylic on canvas, 4″ wide by 4″ high. This piece has a new home already, but if you would like to stay informed of new paintings in progress, sign up for my monthly newsletter on my website here: https://amyguidry.com/contact.html.