Venice Reflections Canvas Print

If you've seen more of my work, you know I love reflections. I also love architecture, so Venice is the perfect city to paint. Here many layers of transparent watercolor applied in an abstract way suggest the detail and intricacy of Venetian architecture, and of course there are the reflections! Reflections, to me, are often more interesting than the scene itself.

Amanda Amend captures the mystery behind the everyday in luminous watercolor. Often described as atmospheric and ethereal, the subtle qualities of her work are balanced by a powerful, disciplined use of color, values, and compositional choices that reflect unique perspectives. The artist recently discovered her passion for watercolor, and she is largely self-taught. Her educational background is in music and linguistics rather than in studio arts, however those disciplines have given her the analytical and practice-oriented frameworks from which to master watercolor's difficult techniques. Further, the structures of language and music provide a conceptual basis for understanding visual composition, and these careers have taken her...