Amanda Paradice

Amanda has been working in the Arts for over 30 years starting at COFA graduating In a Bachelor of Fine Arts/ Visual arts. For many years as a jeweller and now a full time painter Amanda chooses to focus on the beautiful and joyful parts of life in her work. An ever present theme of her work is celebrating the beauty in familiar objects and landscapes. Amanda says ‘It’s hard to feel sad when you notice the beauty around you in all aspects of life. A word without art would be unbearable to me’ Amanda’s work celebrates the line, shape, colour and texture that brings a work alive. There is a constant organic conversation which goes on between her and the work to deliver the end result. A strong emphasis is on the way a work feels. ‘I won’t stop until it feels just right. If it doesn’t feel quite right it just won’t make the cut.’ For Amanda art making is not a choice it’s a very necessary part of life. ‘There’s nothing better’ she says than pushing paint around a canvas and making a thing of beauty’