Amanda Sargent
Artist Bio & Description: I have been painting, drawing, doodling and making marks since as long as I can remember. From digging into the large box of dumped out crayons my mother provided to drawing with a Rapidograph pen in my notebooks through a brooding adolescence. It’s like breathing. A MUST. Inhale!
My paintings are simply expressions of how I feel the world. I experience my work as disorganized energy living inside me; a kind of visceral expression or response to the external. A showing of the dance that I feel inside. These paintings are not statements. They are not political. They are not intellectual. They are what I have inside to share. They are chaperones to a vulnerable and tender part of myself. Perhaps a way to give language to my unconscious. Or maybe not. Maybe the perpetual nervous energy that lives inside me forces a line, a stroke, a combination of colors and shapes and connections between adversarial compositions. I am turned on by breaking visual rules and making new ones. It is so because here, see this? My impulse is to create tension between lines and spaces, color and texture. Isn’t that how the natural world of our minds and bodies and spirits exist?
My process is spontaneous. I reach for the colors I like, choosing paper or hard board, water color, acrylic or wax, big brush, small brush, I start fast. I work on many pieces at once. I return to some after months or more and they stack up all over my space. I get attached to many; reject and snicker at some. The best I can do is take the time to listen to them. Perhaps they will speak to you as well.
Mystery Bay Art Gallery and Studio as we call it, is a shared art spot that includes a studio as well as a small personal gallery . We refreshed the space after the fire at the Nordland General Store in 2022 and offer our own work and occasional small art making gatherings. We are located next door to the newly refreshed Nordland General Store across from Mystery Bay. We are located on Marrowstone Island which is must see escape not only for these local art happenings but Fort Flagler State Park and other sites.
Studio Tour Days: Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Studio Address: 7180 Flagler Road, Nordland, Wa 98358, United States (Located on loading dock next to Nordland General Store)
Email: opendoorartworks@gmail.com
Website: http://amandasargentartist.com
Instagram:amandalsargentartist
Medium: Painting
Shared Studio: Yes (with Bryan Kippen)
Stairs: No