Amanda Fish
A native of Southern California, Amanda has been drawing and painting most of her life. Encouraged and influenced early on by an artistic mother, her childhood was filled with many creative projects. As a young adult Amanda and her sister (also an artist) were frequent visitors to local museums and galleries. A trip to the New York Metropolitan Museum and traveling throughout Europe during her college years only strengthened her interest in art and art history. Amanda received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Mount St. Mary’s University in Los Angeles, and began a career working in the museum field, which included the J. Paul Getty Museum.
During her years working for museums, she privately continued to develop her skill as a watercolorist. She soon found herself painting large floral commissions and home portraits in her free time. After 10 years working for museums, a different career path opened and Amanda became an illustrator. This new opportunity (creating landscape and architectural illustrations in pen and ink, and watercolor), lead her to begin showing her fine art watercolors in galleries and juired shows. Over time, a strong desire to switch her medium to oils tugged at her. In 2003 she decided to focus soley on oils. With a change in medium, came a leap of faith. Amanda has been a full time professional artist since 2005.
Amanda enjoys creating still life paintings that have a traditional look, but with a fresh painterly feel and application. Her thin layers of vibrant transparent color capture the visual richness in objects. She strives to create a graceful and lyrical movement of light in her compositions. She thinks of her still lifes as visual vignettes. They are tabletop gatherings of fruits, flowers, fabrics, and personal objects collected throughout her life.
“It is my desire to create grace and beauty in a still life. I hope the viewer can experience my joy and fascination in combining realism with a delicate painterly feel.” – Amanda
Amanda teaches oil painting workshops through galleries and other venues. Sharing her knowledge and passion for painting a still life has brought a rewarding element to her art career. Amanda participates in National Juried Shows, Outdoor Art Festivals, Gallery Exhibits, and has had three Solo Shows at Huse Skelly Studio Gallery. She is represented by Chemers Gallery in Tustin, CA, and Huse Skelly Studio Gallery on Balboa Island in Newport Beach, CA. Amanda is an exhibiting artist at Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA. And, she is an exhibiting artist at The California Art Club’s Gold Medal Exhibition. Please see “Shows and Galleries” for a list of past and current exhibits.
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