Amanda Ogilby
A Sense of Peace, 2024
Oil on canvas Framed in Oak
Height 53 cm x Width 53 cm
Artwork is framed and ready to hang & comes with certificate of authenticity
A still life piece celebrating the burst of spring colour of the Australian Eucalyptus, the Illyarrie. Composed with treasured objects and painted within its immediate environment, the muted blurred background enables the foreground elements to shine.
Artist Bio: Raised in Perth by creative parents, Amanda got engaged in crafts and visual artistry from an early age. She later took art classes during her years at secondary school and continued to pursue creative ventures right through her twenties. After the birth of her two children and a career as a theatre and recovery nurse, Amanda reinvigorated her artistic zeal and freedom of creative expression. She soon began small scale works in acrylics that portrayed simple objects from around her home that provided her peace, before changing her medium exclusively to oils. Amanda has been a previous finalist in the 2024 and 2022 Salon of the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, as well a 2023 finalist in the Unearthed Art Prize for emerging artists in Melbourne. Amanda's art is currently held in galleries around Australia and she creates artwork for multiple group exhibitions a year.