Stretched Canvas

Modern Lines

Contemporary White

Natural Clear Maple

Unframed print




Amanda Spybey, The Gulf Coast, AL
Member Since June 2008
Artist Statement I grew up in Alabama and won a few art contests for pencil on paper drawings and colored pencil drawings when I was a teenager. I remember the "ah-ha" moment I had while drawing my father's kitchen one Saturday morning, and having trouble with his faucet. It was "Draw what you actually SEE, not what you THINK you should see". The faucet finally looked the way I SAW IT!

I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the Univ. of Alabama and spent the first 5 years of my career working as an Insurance-Fraud Investigator.
After becoming engaged to my wonderful husband in 1997, I decided to change careers and moved into the Mortgage Lending business. In 1999, I founded & still own a Mortgage Company, and now have a beautiful 3 1/2 year old son.

In between working and watching my son play golf (yes, golf!), I tried my hand at oil painting in 2000 as a release, and have been addicted to the art ever since. Being self taught I thought at the time, I can draw, so let's trying painting! Not quite the same, and much more difficult than I thought it would be, however I have progressed over the years. As Edgar Degas said: "Painting is very easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

Workshops: 2006- Ron Thomson; Member of the Fairhope Street Artists. Affiliations: Oil Painters of America. Juried- Oil Painters of America 2008 Eastern Regional Juried Exhibition Of Traditional Oils.

My original oil paintings can be found in private collections throughout Alabama, as well as businesses such as: Sunstone Masonry-Robertsdale AL; Jackson's Fresh Market- Fairhope, AL; Gulf Coast Mortgage Co., Inc.- Daphne, AL; and I've shown & sold pieces at Lulu's Homeport Marina-Gulf Shores AL.

I hope you enjoy!

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Product No 1162587
Subjects Animals, Baby, Children, Giraffes, Toddler
Style Expressionism
Medium
Tags Amanda, Spybey, animals, children, family, giraffe, giraffes, kids, love, portrait, togetherness