AMANDA LAUREL ATKINS

Amanda’s paintings depict curious women in elaborately filled, wallpapered, and decorated rooms, often with an animal companion.

According to the artist, “I want viewers to wonder what lies beyond the borders of the painting, what the characters are thinking and doing, and to vicariously feel the joy of the characters’ surroundings.”

Primarily, she paints with acrylic on masonite, which according to Atkins “it creates a something- you-can-hold-in-your-hands feeling.” Atkins sites influences including Michael Sowa, John Currin, and Ray Caesar. A great lover of books, and also a writer, she also finds inspiration in trees, notebooks, dresses, real and plastic animals, opera stage sets and clipper ships. Additionally, when not painting, she works in sculpture as well as illustration.

She has exhibited her work regionally, including the Teeny Tiny Art Show in Portsmouth, NH, and last year, was a featured artist at Glovebox’s One Art Show,benefiting One Home Many Hopes. Her artwork has been featured as album art for the musical group Jerry Fish and The Mud Club. Ms. Atkins earned her B.F.A. from The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.

*Amanda participates regularly in the Teeny Tiny Art Shows