Abstract – Amanda Milke

Unity in Diversity

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 by Amanda, posted in 2022 Artwork, Uncategorized

Unity in Diversity is my latest upcoming solo exhibit.

After the last few years of Covid and division I wanted to create something that was both beautiful and unifying and thus “Unity in Diversity” was born. Each painting in this series uses texture and color to visually represent and emphasize the beauty of differences and how when we unite our diversity with others we form a vibrant and beautiful work of art called community. This exhibit is a celebration of individuality and diversity but instead of having those qualities divide us they unite us.

Each painting is a unique expression of Unity in Diversity and represents on a microcosm scale our global diversity.

New Abstraction

January 19, 2017 by Amanda, posted in 2017 Artwork, Abstract, acrylic, Art, Artist, canada, Color Exploration, creative, Fort Saskatchewan, In Progress creations, paint, Paintings

Ever get that feeling where you have to stop everything and create something new???

Well I do lol usually when I’m in the midst of a series or have a stack of unfinished paintings to work on.

Needless to say this came into existence last night.

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It has a mix of soft & fluid paints, iridescents and pearl x pigments.

It’s hard to get color accurate pictures until I can get some pics in nature lighting but it gives you an idea. I still plan to add some more detail, glazes and perhaps a heavy gloss to finish it.

More pics to come!

Cheers for now.

Amanda

Create & Teach

October 27, 2016October 27, 2016 by Amanda, posted in 2016 Artwork, Abstract, acrylic, Art Classes, canada, Christmas, Mixed Media Paintings, SALE/CLEARANCE

Let’s ignore the fact that I haven’t posted for awhile….

I’ve been fairly busy on a teaching and creating kick must be that new hand 😉

This is one of my newest classes and artistic endeavors. I’ve been on a 3D Mixed media kick lately. I’ll be offering it again in 2017.

So here let me flood you with some pictures of what I’ve been doing these last months. The advertised piece is complete and the rest are one layer away from being finished.

I seem to be in good standing with my artist muses as of late so pardon me while I get back to it 😉

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Shoot me a msg on my Facebook page to take advantage of this gem of a deal 🎨

Cheers

May your days & nights be creative 🖌

New Year, New Art, New Opportunities

January 20, 2016 by Amanda, posted in 2016 Artwork, Abstract, acrylic, Art, Art Classes, art discussions, Art Jewelry, art supplies, Enamel Abstracts, Fort Saskatchewan, Home Studio, Jewelry Classes, Pebeo paint

Well I’m back after a longer than intended break from blogging which honestly is pretty much how all my posts start it seems *sigh* oh well, I suck at maintaining a blog we all know it and the sooner we accept it we can get on with talking about Art…

We good?
Great!

So I’ve started off the year pretty busy actually, we’re not even a full month in and I’ve already
taught two Art & Jewelry related classes through the city’s leisure guide program.
The first was “Silverware Jewelry” and the second which is a 3 session course is “Intro to Acrylic Abstract Art”, the first class was last night and we played around with types of acrylic paint and acrylic mediums.

I’ve also been nominated for the Women in Arts award as part of a local International Women’s Day Awards Gala which funnily enough I was approached last year by the committee to create their Jewelry Trophy Awards for the Awards Gala. So I’m finishing up some hand stamped sterling silver charm bracelets with swarovski crystals.

And on top of all that, I’ve also been busy working on hand stamped Jewelry orders and painting and experimenting with fluid paints and my enamels.

I picked up one of these awesome panels over the weekend and had been dying to test it out but didn’t have time until today so ce I’ve been prepping things for my Art class.