By
Amanda Lomax
Piece description from the artist
This artwork, part of my larger Sky Series, relates to the Environmental Visionary theme because it harnesses the power of Color to increase viewers' capacity for patience and sensitivity. Humans today live in a throw-away culture. Abusing natural resources we take for granted our impact and remain mostly ignorant of the complex, inter-connected systems seamlessly working together to make our world. And yet, given that we have lived this way for millenia, how can we break these patterns? I believe a change of mindset is vital. Beginning here, with this series, I ask for viewers' patience and sensitivity. I harness the power of Color to tell the story of beauty in subtlety. Although the hues are bold, the gradiations between them are subtle. Discerning them requires careful looking on the part of the viewer. It is my hope that if we train ourselves to host a gentle spirit of patience and a sensitive visual sense, then perhaps we can apply the same qualities of gentleness, patience and sensitivity when thinking about our natural world. Maybe then, we could effect change to tread more lightly. Additionally, despite the modern Digital Age, the natural world remains my first inspiration: this artwork is a photograph of the sky at sunset. Although my art-making process includes various digital, photographic, editing, and printing technologies, the source of beauty for this work, and my inspiration, is the natural world.
This is a TurningArt exclusive limited edition print available in editions of 100.
Born in Nashville, TN in 1979, Amanda Lomax is a lens-based artist living and working in Nashville, TN. Ms. Lomax holds a cum laude degree in Communications from Boston University, completing coursework in darkroom and digital photography. She was selected as a Teaching Assistant at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops and Maine Media College, and spent several summers learning from renowned photographers Cig Harvey, Joyce Tenneson, Aline Simpson and Susan Burnstine. She is a recipient of the 2020 TriStar Arts Award and a graduate of the Periscope Arts Program.
Her work uses digital photography and technology to manifest abstract ideas into tangible pieces of art. She refers to this process as 'Photographic Techspressionism’. This process allows her to play with the boundaries between photography and digital art, drawing inspiration from organic landscapes and her own emotional responses. She is deeply influenced by the work of Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Josef Albers. Color is fundamental as she relies on it to produce a heightened emotional and visual experience for the viewer.
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