Amanda uses metaphor and the meanings implicit in old and worn textiles to look at the world.   She uses dye and print processes with an element of chance such as rust printing and resist dyeing, and has adapted them to make evocative and ambiguous marks.  Often her dyed and printed cloths are  then collaged and stitched into semi- abstract compositions.   Her love of colour is expressed in a distinctive palette of tertiary colours and metallics.

Amanda has a deep interest in what is happening to our world and our ideas of identity.  She examines where the “fabric of society” is stained, damaged and unravelling, and makes attempts at repair and renewal.   Driven by world events including Brexit and the Russia/Ukraine war, she makes works evoking flags and battle standards questioning simple ideas of identity and nationalism.  Recurring images of decaying walls and networks or maps reflect her families' history of migration and a concern for today's victims of war.

EDUCATION AND WORK

2022 BA Fine Art, 1^st class, University of Chichester

2015 Distinction in Art Foundation, University of the Creative Arts, Farnham

1980  Diploma in the History of Fine and Decorative Art, V&A Study Centre

1979 BA Hons in English, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University

Amanda qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985, joined PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP in 1995 and became a partner in 2006, leading teams advising charities, universities and property companies.   She took early retirement in 2013 and returned to making art.

EXHIBITIONS

Oct 2025 "Of Seeds & Stories" Winchester (group popup exhibition)

April 2025 "Contemporary Textiles" Fox Yard Studio Stowmarket (selected and exhibited)

March 2025 "At Home" Bournemouth popup (selected and exhibited)

Sept 2024 "ArtTable" Winchester Arc

June 2024 ArtSpace Portsmouth Open Studios

Dec 2023  "Alchemy"  ArtSpace Portsmouth (curator, lead artist)

Apr 2023 "New Shoots"  ArtSpace Portsmouth group exhibition (exhibited)

Mar 2023 "This Darker Path"  St Pauls Church, Winchester (curated, exhibited)

Oct 2022 “Platform Graduate Award 2022”, Aspex Portsmouth (finalist, exhibited)

June 2022 “New Graduates: University of Chichester”, Oxmarket Contemporary (exhibited, organised)

May 2022 “Fine Art Degree Show”, St Michaels, Bognor Regis (exhibited)