Amanda Wallwork

Amanda's paintings are constructed from layers of plaster and oil paint built up and then scratched into, exposing the layers beneath. A process reminiscent of an archaeological dig or excavation. Her colours and textures convey a sense of true museum artefacts or antiquities, impregnated with a presence of the past.

She is intrigued by the marks and traces left behind by people on places and objects, both deliberate and accidental, and the stories they tell. Recent work has concentrated in interpreting the marks visible in the landscape when viewed from the air and the way these represent a 'map' of time.

Amanda trained at Yeovil College and Brighton School of Art in Graphic Design and Illustration, graduating in 1979. Her work has been exhibited in London and throughout the South West at galleries, art fairs and artist-led events. She has been particularly involved in co-ordinating and curating the arts programme at Sherborne House in Dorset, and her work is part of the Art Loan Collection at Bournemouth University.