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Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

American, b. 1976
Amanda Besl has shown widely in both Western New York and New York City, and in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Russia. Besl holds an MFA in Painting from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI and a BFA from SUNY Oswego. Her paintings are part of several notable private and public collections including the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo; Nichido Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan; the Burger Collection, Hong Kong and the Tullman Collection, Chicago. Besl works in the Arts Department at Nichols School in Buffalo as an Upper School Visual Arts teacher. She uses natural history as a platform to explore social issues and finds inspiration in the plants she obsessively tends, which also provide props for her current cyanotype inspired work. Besl is represented by Resource Art and her recent solo exhibition “Blue Mythologies” at The Raft of Sanity includes a foray into filmmaking.
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Artist: Amanda Besl
Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Venus Flytrap Queen Anne’s Lace Besl
Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Venus Flytrap Queen Anne’s Lace Besl

Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Venus Flytrap Queen Anne’s Lace Besl

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Botanical Still Life Amanda Besl
Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Botanical Still Life Amanda Besl

Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Botanical Still Life Amanda Besl

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

Amanda Besl Embroil, 2024 Oil on canvas 12 x 12 inches Signed on reverse Offered at $950 A jewel-like painting with powerful resonance, Amanda Besl’s Embroil distills the artist’s l...

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Botanical Still Life Amanda Besl
Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Botanical Still Life Amanda Besl

Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Botanical Still Life Amanda Besl

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

Amanda Besl Shelf Life, 2024 Oil on canvas 31 x 23 inches Signed on reverse In Shelf Life, Amanda Besl constructs a visually arresting still life that fuses botanical precision wit...

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Venus Flytrap Lilly Pads Amanda Besl
Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Venus Flytrap Lilly Pads Amanda Besl

Contemporary Oil Painting Female Artist Venus Flytrap Lilly Pads Amanda Besl

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

Amanda Besl Bergenshine, 2025 Oil on panel Signed on reverse Amanda Besl’s Bergenshine is a vibrant meditation on life cycles, femininity, and the strange seduction of the natural w...

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Diptych Oil Painting
Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Diptych Oil Painting

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Diptych Oil Painting

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

Cyanotype inspired diptych of lush blue and white botanicals interspersed with whispers of yellow. Electric Daydream, Diptych (2022) by Amanda Besl. Oil on board.

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Triptych Oil Painting
Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Triptych Oil Painting

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Triptych Oil Painting

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

Cyanotype inspired triptych of lush blue and white botanicals featuring ghostly, layered leaves and captivating floral textures. Quantum Echoes, Triptych (2022) by Amanda Besl. Oil o...

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Square Oil Painting

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Square Oil Painting

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

Cyanotype inspired square painting of lush blue and white botanicals speckled with bursts of a warm, ghostly yellow. Voltage (2022) by Amanda Besl. Oil on board.

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Square Oil Painting

Contemporary Figurative Still Life Flora Cyanotype Blue Square Oil Painting

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

Cyanotype inspired square painting of lush blue and white botanicals with interwoven tendrils of purple. Here Come The Death Pretzels (2022) by Amanda Besl. Oil on board.

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2010s Contemporary Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

dusk is dawn is day
dusk is dawn is day

dusk is dawn is day

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl from her most recent body of work created in 2017. Throughout her career, Amanda Besl has focused primarily on the inner worlds ...

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2010s Realist Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Fluorescent and Starry
Fluorescent and Starry

Fluorescent and Starry

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl from her most recent body of work created in 2017. Throughout her career, Amanda Besl has focused primarily on the inner worlds ...

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2010s Realist Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Conceptual Realist Painting Diptych Floral Colorful American female artist
Conceptual Realist Painting Diptych Floral Colorful American female artist

Conceptual Realist Painting Diptych Floral Colorful American female artist

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl from her most recent body of work created in 2017. Throughout her career, Amanda Besl has focused primarily on the inner worlds ...

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2010s Realist Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

June 16

June 16

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl created in 2016. Throughout her career, Amanda Besl has focused primarily on the inner worlds of adolescent girls, turning her a...

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2010s Realist Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

Souvenir de la Malmaison
Souvenir de la Malmaison

Souvenir de la Malmaison

By Amanda Besl

Located in Buffalo, NY

An original contemporary oil painting by Amanda Besl created in 2014.

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2010s Realist Amanda Besl Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Wood Panel

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Amanda Besl figurative paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Amanda Besl figurative paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of figurative paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Amanda Besl in oil paint, paint, board and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Amanda Besl figurative paintings, so small editions measuring 14 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Raymond Bonilla, Lisa Golightly, and Thelma Appel. Amanda Besl figurative paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,650 and tops out at $12,000, while the average work can sell for $5,500.