So She Seems...nice.

“So She Seems”, 8x10 inches, oil paint and wood burning, $700.00

Artist Statement by Amanda Scott

So she seemed like a nice girl, yet there was something more to her, something hidden just below the surface.

I would like to keep this one a mystery, and it is, because it's up to the viewer to determine if this beautiful and dangerous creature is worth knowing.

She is carnivorous, but perhaps she eats only fish. How can you know for sure?

Pyrography and Oil Process

I use the characteristics of the wood to determine the design. I begin with looking at the grain of the wood, and I wait to be inspired by what my mind imagines there. Sometimes I get the whole painting in a flash and go looking for the right piece of wood. Generally I like swirling, water like, patterns.

I may spray a thin layer of metal paint over the wood, perhaps stain it any color I like, or I will leave it natural. Then I draw the design out, keeping in mind the flow of the wood. I blend my lines into the that. Then burn the dark lines in with a phyrographic tool. All the shading I do with oils.

I will detail the face of my figure, but only draw out with minimal shading, her companion subject. I like to blend many styles (drawing, painting) of image making together to provide interest, and to also express my message which is that change is constant and that all things are connected. To finish a painting is to kill it with perfect stillness. I want movement, a sense of growth, appearing and disappearing of elements.