Exhibition at The Yard, Ely

November 12th to December 1st

I am amazingly happy to introduce my work to the very dear customers of The Yard and of Silver Oak. I love this space, as I think we all do. The really lovely staff have been so kind to me over the years and this opportunity just tops it all.

I have made these paitings with a lot of passion in the subject matter and and equal amount of nerdy fascination with the materials and process.

If you have any questions, or want to natter about art, do come and find me. I’ll be around a lot over the next three weeks.

My email is amanda@placelifecolour.com. I can also be reached via my Instagram account, named PlaceLifeColour. Those three words are exactly what I am all about.

This exhibition contains a number of original acrylic paintings of Morocco street scenes, and also a printed version of my pretty feminist First Supper painting.

Framed originals from Moroccan street life

All of these paintings are acrylic on paper. Some are framed as they are, some are mounted behind glass.

If you prefer a giclée print to an original, please contact me and I can arrange it. I may even already have one for you. These are produced in ten ink colours, on really nice watercolour paper.

Try the button for a brief idea of how Morocco in general, and Essaouira in particular, have inspired me.

The First Supper Print

This picture is a high-quality Giclée print of a 4 metre long triptych, based on the Last Supper. The original is too big and heavy to show in this space. Two years ago, it sat on the right hand side of the altar of the Lady Chapel in our own Cathedral, as part of an Ouse Life exhibition comemorating 300 years since the central tower collapsed.

My idea of upsetting the order of things was to wonder why there were no women depicted in Last Supper paintings. I remedied this by inviting twelve women under 40 to try and save us from what centuries ofthe ideas of old white men have done to this world.

Names of other inspirational women are scattered around the edges.

The buttons below will guide you to a blog post on the painting, and another on the women.

Should you wish to buy the original work, it is £2000. I would be happy to come to some arrangement if the painting could be displayed in a well-used community space. It is an invitation for people to talk.

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