| Amadea
starts a painting with a strong feeling, idea, or memory and finds the direction
of a piece through the act of painting. Finding her voice ultimately in the world
of light, color and texture, Amadea's work has a distinctly landscape feel. Sometimes
the paintings are directly inspired from nature, sometimes they are depictions
of psychological terrain or a spiritual realm. The paintings, though abstract,
often have strong associations to the places she has lived and traveled. During
her years in New York City, for instance (1979-1990), she did a series of paintings
with references to the Brooklyn Bridge. She had a studio in Brooklyn on the seventh
floor of a converted warehouse, with a magnificent view of the East River, the
Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge. |