Very excited to be working on a new Exhibition..
"The Bones Of My Flesh"
History, ancestry, archetypes, astrology, social & cultural evolution... your evolution.
Why are you and how are you... you.
I want to explore the reasons we are the way we are, and also how healing comes from the deepest parts of us.
The roots.
'As above, so below', I have been meditating on this phrase for some time. I believe it's one of the most powerful notions... a philosophy which runs parallel with the laws of nature and balance.
Who am I.
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I arrived in Israel, a construction diver by trade, my plan was to work for the year north of Tel Aviv,
a requirement was to become a contractor in alignment with my visa to meet the standards, this mission outweighed the benefits.
So, I decided to fall back on my creative outlet!
Art is my voice, having a whole year in Israel to focus on who I am.. and who I could be, was quite the notion!
By the end of the year, I was surprisingly apart of an edgy arts community in Old Jaffa, (think underground Berlin), and actually managed to
hold a curated solo exhibition ‘Inside Out’. This kicked off my position in the world of Art.
​Most of my life I've been creating, always in the arts community, drawing , painting, writing and playing music, also known as ‘The Croc Tooth Lady’ around Broome and Darwin, with my handmade croc tooth and pearl featured necklaces, I’d have markets stalls on the weekend between working underwater in the Kimberley and Northern Territory.
Water is a strong muse, more than 15 years in the marine industry, pearl diving up 80 mile beach, aquaculture diving and working underwater as a commercial hard hat diver.
I love the lifestyle, the adventure and challenges.
An avid motorcycle tourer solo around Australia and many years exploring cultures around the world. These moments are all a big inspiration for my creative process. An adventurer by heart, always learning.
Since my fiery baptism in the art world, I found that Exhibitions are where it's at... a time where I spend months cultivating a space.
A space where everyday people come into that space and are thrust into what I want to throw at them! Very sneaky indeed!
​There is so much power in moments. So much so, I’ve developed into an intuitive painter, focusing on the fine balance between planning and execution.
Meditating on ideas to which I would then sink into each brush stroke, a cornucopia of creative magic happens here.
Deeply passionate about story, anthropology, sociology and the more philosophical traits of life, I love talking about ancient history and metaphysics, how we, a part of community can find ourselves in each other, empathy and understanding. What and how we give rather then what we take.
I truly hope you enjoy my pieces.
Check out my website www.amandaforwardfineart.com
instagram @amandaforwardart