Amy Bernays

My Unicorn, Painting, Acrylic on Other

2019

We learn about the complicated unwritten rules of society as a child. That story informs our adult life. one can get stuck at a point in growing up and sometimes never get past it. ...

This comes from a series of work on parenting. I pop in front of the kids canvases and pens and paint. I then work onto those canvases. Sometimes they work into mine. this is a g...

Water flow is the most important thing you can learn. The path of least resistance, and how that can change the course of history. It?╟╓s a ranch lesson, an American lesson. This...

It is a double edged sward. A coin with two sides. My son spends his homeschool days busying his hands making sculptures out of cardboard. It was cars and planes, now its always guns. It breaks my heart but it is his creativity and I am divided in my feelings. Spending 6 hours in front of a computer when you are 10, I understand his need to do something with his hands. I would need to if I were in his shoes. So I provide ample cardboard and inspiration, glue guns and rubber bands. Perhaps he makes cardboard guns as an object of power. Like the cave people painting the pray they wanted to capture, he makes something that would give him power. My daughter has unicorns. She has the lyrics to her song. She has sitting still and behaving well and writing and reading as her power. In todays world, perhaps the female sex...

The artist constructs his spirit animal through mixed media. 48" x 60" Spray Paint, Oil, Construction Paper, Acrylic, Pastel, Marker

In this portrait, a white horse commands attention with its serene and kind eyes, embodying gentleness. Inspired by the renowned Lipizzan breed, those horse's coat reflects the br...

materials: acrylic, ink, spray paint, airbrush, flashe, collage, color pencil, paint pen, glitter on canvas --- JENNY DAY is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She earned...