Artist Profile

Fog Drift
18 x 24

Tullmeadow Farm Across
16 x 16

Interlude
24 x 30

Swan Bowl
20 x 20

Bio: Amy's paintings draw on her experience in the New England countryside, and her experience as a clothing designer in New York in the 1970s and early 1980s. A fine arts graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Amy Conover is an active Connecticut and Maine painter. A 35-year resident of Simsbury, CT and a summer resident of Camden, Maine, her paintings have been informed by the extraordinary landscapes, structures, gardens and light of New England. Her figurative painting explores the human form and the interaction of figures in both outdoor working, and highly stylized environments. In 2019,

Amy became an elected member to both the Connecticut Women Artists (CWA) and to The Gallery on the Green in Canton, Connecticut. She has shown in juried and non-juried shows in Maine and Connecticut, and received awards at the WHAL juried members’ shows. One of her works was published in "The Golden Thread Project", a collection of works selected to be shown at the Golden Thread Gallery over its five year history. A member of the West Hartford Art League for over ten years, Amy has studied with Shira Avedore, Shawna Shane, Jerry Weiss, Ilona Levitz, Bill Simpson, and Paul Batch. She paints with the Back Room Collective and with a group of fellow painters in Stonington, Maine each summer.

Statement: I work in a broad array of subject matter--figurative, landscape, still life, and abstract. This enables me to have a broader view of art as a means of expression. Working in oil and mixed media on canvas, I give myself the most flexibility to refine each painting as it reveals itself on the canvas and to control the final image. Painting is an exploration of an idea and a composition, not fixed, but very alive. During the evolution of each painting, I let the elements form and interact—color, texture, shape, and composition. I continuously try to impose subjective color options and shapes, consciously selecting new subjects, and determining how I want to engage the viewer. I change techniques of paint application and surface treatments to gain a varied surface and portfolio of work. I very much enjoy the plein air experience, with its challenges, I usually finish in the studio. An intuitive painter, I continually look at new strategies and ideas always looking for ways to keep the process and the pictures I make fresh, and uniquely mine.

Tour Location: Online Gallery Only

Email: amyjwconover@gmail.com

Website: amyconover.com

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