Description
A 14 x 11-inch oil painting of your pet by Chicago artist Amanda Brodie Stenlund.
About Amanda: I received my bachelor?s degree in studio art at Furman University, and from there began a career not painting. However, I did manage to push my way into museums. I spent a year at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia, before moving to Chicago, where I still live. I worked at the Art Institute and the Chicago History Museum as an editor. The elements and principles of design have always driven my painting style. I look for positive and negative space, light and dark, bright color, and maybe an unusual point of view. I don't limit my subjects--I'm interested in finding great composition and contrast with the aforementioned elements. I often think of something said by artist Lucien Freud: ?Every painting should have a drop of poison.? That?s how I sum up the importance of balance and tension in a work of art.