Amanda Oliphant - A painter who loves to
work with textures and abstractions.
Her latest work shown here give the reader
an insight into her approach.
The construction is layered and instinctive.
The compositions flow from her and are
not preconceived. These works were
created after the C19 had visited her and
laid her up for some weeks. The drive to
return to art creation was beyond ignoring
as she set about these works, which Tubes
are absolutely delighted to include in this
special landscape feature.
Here, Amanda talks about this particular
series of work...
“ traces through the Landscape series
of paintings are about capturing a feeling
– an emotion of a place and time. It is not
just about painting the visual landscape,
but also about the presence of ‘being’ in
that place and connecting to the land.
I am using mark making, translucent/
opaque paints and layering techniques
that provide a vocabulary of expression.
Leaving marks that mean something – the
falling away of a stone wall, an endless
footpath, random noises, the moving air
that interrupts my thoughts…and then the
return journey. All elements that help distill
an essence of place in both visual and
emotional ways.
Its about not only ‘what I see’ but about
‘how’ you observe and feel in that place –
feeling a part of the landscape allows your
senses to be awakened. Being influenced
by the open expanse and imaginative
landscapes of old masters like JMW
Turner, his devotion to capture the
feeling of the power and beauty of nature
– in paint – being close to one’s God, and
more recent contemporary artists using
pure abstraction, dismissing the need for
any representation.”
www.amandaoliphant.co.uk
email: [email protected]
The painting are all from the series
“Traces through a Landscape”
Top: Tryptych -1220mm x 510mm -
Cold Wax Medium on board.
middle left: 300mm x 305mm Cold Wax
Medium on MDF.
bottom left: 300mm x 300mm Cold Wax
Medium on panel
bottom right: 760mm x 510mm Cold Wax
Medium on Panel