revolutions and ruminations an online art exhibition
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Amy Petrie Shaw says: “Art freezes a moment in a medium; it allows me to capture the wild power the exists in each second. If no one hates it, it isn't art. You're here to create your truth, not to placate the masses.”
Shaw works in a variety of media. Her work is characterized by use of vivid colors and distorted perspective, with bold use of line. She is heavily influenced by mid-20th century artists Barnett Newman, Helen Frankenthaler, and Sam Francis, and often uses thick material applications, layering, and compositing to bring depth and life to her canvases and digital compositions.. Shaw studied with mid-Century Modernist painter and sculptor JL Haley, and with Cincinnati-based collage artist and painter Betty Dayton-Cautley. Church is art. Art is religion. When Amy is not covered in paint and ink, she is a Unitarian Universalist minister. Amy currently lives in Florida near the beach, with her beloved friends Nancy and Doug, and her feline minions Dippy-Cat, Nike the Great, and Marshmallow. |
If no one hates it, it isn't art. You're here to create your truth, not to placate the masses.” |
