Drawing of a paintnrish, a pen and a pencil

Place Life Colour

art by Amanda Earlam

Amanda here,

This is the chaotic home of a colour-addicted and constantly learning artist. You are very welcome.

Well this is exciting! My very own exhibition, kindly hosted by Silver Oak’s The Yard from 12 to 1s December. I’m hugely excited to introduce people who don’t know me to my paintings of Moroccan life. Men, women, conversations, street and countryside. 
 
Also present at the exhibition should be a managably sized reproduction of the large painting of The First Supper, some may remember from the Ouse Life Artists exhibition back in 2022, in Ely Cathedral .
 
I hope to see lots of you there. All the works are for sale, and I can get high-quality giclee prints of any of them, in various sizes.
 
See my Exhibition page for details of what’s in the show!

I have long wanted to make a series of small, brisk paintings on 15 cm square canvas. I have finally had the chance to start with these two pumpkin and flower studies. I very much enjoy painting these and I hope more will arrive soon!

The idea is to use a limited palette for these and for most projects in the future. Less really is more and gives a more unified feel to the work. You may be sure I shall choose different colours for each painting though.

6 inch / 15 cm squares

Paintings of Norway

I spent a few weeks in Norway this summer. This was a very meaningful trip for me for several reasons. It is a magnificent and gorgeous place. I love the language and am picking it up again. I love the knitting – yes, I knt in strands of colour on circular needles). Most of all because it allowed me a connection with my mother, her mother and many reminders of my family. It was a healing time and a period of growth. 

Of course, this provided me with lots of reference for some new art. Let us begin with some landscapes! As is that were not exciting enough, I have painted these in oils, for the first time in twenty years. Water-miscible oils are such a relief, I dislike solvents.

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