Amanda Dolly

Amanda Dolly is a native of the East Coast and learned to paint and draw at the age of 14 from her high
school art teacher, Ms. Fischer. After dabbling through college, she studied Criminal Justice only soon
after she realized that it was not her true passion. She rediscovered her love for painting in 2012 while
pursuing gallery representation. Her day-to-day work focuses on portraits and bringing how we see
people to the surface.

Amanda paints, photographs and draws to ground herself. It is said that these techniques, used over hundreds of
years, have become embedded in our DNA. So, through the process of painting on a canvas, she
connects with her ancestors along with legions of women and men who have been painting to
memorialize their lives since the Stone Age, using techniques that endure to this day. Amanda’s art is
her voice, a powerful interpretation of her deepest thoughts, hidden emotions, and strongest desires.
The images she creates are coined from personal experiences, fears, and interests. These ideas and
experiences are better perceived through drawings and paintings rather than spoken. The images that
she paints are everyday snapshots that she personally chooses because of their simple appearance and
deep complexity. She likes the challenge of trying to capture the definition of an object and accurately
translating lines, shapes, light, tint, and proper value levels onto a material.