Blue Moon Fire Spiral (The Fire Snake), watercolor pencil on distressed paper with burned edges, 17″ x 13 1/8″ ©2018 Amy Funderburk, All Rights Reserved. First work in The Meditative Labyrinth Elemental Suite Blue Moon […]
Category Archives: Painting and painting techniques
Here There Be Dragons: Utilizing Pareidolia in My Art Process
What do you see in the clouds above? I see a giant moose. Or someone with a tiny head, sitting back on his heels while flexing his muscles. And a pyramid in the distance. The […]
New Work: How Does an Artist Know When a Piece is Finished?
Blue Moon Fire Spiral. A question that artists hear a lot is, “How do you know when you are finished with a piece?” My college painting professor had the best answer: “When he or she […]
Inspiration in Paradise: A Love Letter to Puerto Rico
In December, Jimmy and I took a much-needed vacation to a place where we can just relax and recharge our batteries ? Puerto Rico. This was our third trip to the island, so it may […]
Complementary, My Dear Watson!
In this Still Life, what colors do you see? If you aren?t familiar with the Color Wheel, in essence, it is a system of organizing the colors of the rainbow by placing them in a […]
Art Requires Courage
My painting professor once called me fearless. I have since come to realize that this is the highest complement I have ever been paid as an artist. “I’m frightened all the time. But I never […]
Art’s Purpose
?The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.? ? Aristotle I often engage in fruitful philosophical discussions about art with my sister, poet Julie Funderburk. During […]
Taking Time:?Looking at things differently
This post originally appeared as a feature article in the March 2016 issue of my newsletter, Off the Easel. ?I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not […]
Say, One Out of Two Ain’t Bad! Tales from my recent art workshops…
Originally published in my December 2015 issue of Off the Easel …or the story of how one painting was indeed ugly, but one I rather liked.?The biggest benefits of taking those weekend workshops last month […]
Origins of a Painting: Second Sight/2nd Site
Originally published in my April 2015 issue of Off the Easel Before leaving England on our 2008 trip, I was determined to see the Rollright Stones. After all, many visitors describe this as an eerie […]
