AMY SMITH is a primarily self-taught contemporary artist working in paint, collage and other media. Her work is richly layered and vibrantly colored, and invites the viewer to go a bit deeper.
“Abstract painting is a vehicle to outwardly express the deep inner work of the Spirit in me,” Amy says. “When I begin to work on a piece I do not usually have a finished work in my mind. I may have a shred of an idea to start from, but I never have a plan. I am inspired by emotions, relationships, current events, the natural environment and most centrally, my faith in relationship to all of these things. I work intuitively, moving among my paints, charcoal and collage papers as the piece develops and tells me where it wants to go. I am not sure that my pieces are ever really finished, but they come to a resting place that seems to make sense within the framework of the story being told. Like my own story, there is always another chapter to move on to, but each piece of art captures one moment in time.”
WAITING FOR SUMMER
12" × 16" (30cm × 41cm), acrylic, graphite and collage
WINGED
20" × 20" (51cm × 51cm), layers of acrylic paints brushed, scraped and dripped