Amanda Williams: what is COLOR?

Amanda Williams talked to us first about her architecture background as it was a major influence in her artwork today. One part of her practice that was especially interesting to us was her focus on color and what "color" can mean and do in different context. This is not necessary colors of paint but of places, memories of places and even of our skin. The class responded to Amanda by focusing on color in our next few pieces. Individuals focused on using it in different ways than they were used to. Even though this challenge was very open ended, many students really started to understand their portfolio concentrations a little better after focusing on color or the absence of it.

From her website: "Not bound by a single medium, i use painting, photography, architecture and installation as my tools for exploration. I practiced architecture for a number of years before becoming a fulltime fine artist. I have cultivated an art form that combines my spatial sensibilities with my love of color. The results are a signature style of vivid, layered, compositions that merge fragments of seemingly unrelated documents, text and imagery. My art tells abstracted versions of stories I've overheard, imagined or experienced. My ongoing intention is to intertwine the viewer's reality with my own."