Meadows Dawn

The striking thing about Amanda’s art is the colours she uses – perhaps because she is a natural health therapist and experience tells her that colour carries its own energy. I agree, I feel the vibrancy reaches out along with the energy of her compositions.

‘Tell us more about that, Amanda,‘ I asked.

‘Ah, I believe that people respond to mood and frequency, as much as to image. That’s why my forests, waterfalls and wildflower meadows are intentionally more luminous and emotive, than pedantically realistic. You see, my work is created to be felt – to calm, uplift and reconnect one with the quiet power of nature every time you pass by.’

This resonated with me, as I find actually walking by meadows, and woods is mood calming, and adds something to my life, and indeed, helps my work as an author.

Meadow Glow

Amanda Brake is an English artist whose love of colour and creativity took root in her childhood in Poole, Dorset. Growing up by the coast and countryside, she was surrounded by natural beauty which encouraged her to notice the small details of light, texture, and atmosphere. She was fortunate at school to have teachers who recognised her ability, and encouraged her imaginative, expressive approach.

Bluebell Woods

‘Was this partly because your father was an artist, and not someone who pushed your talent to one side, and suggested you pushed on with the usual career skills.’

‘Oh yes,very much so. He and my teachers nurtured my confidence and curiosity and more or less gave me permission to use my talent to explore my feelings, observations and sense of the world around me.’

Of course, as Amanda developed as an artist, she extended her interests into a variety of projects such as he illustration of children’s novels. She also became a member of the Milan Art Institute, thereby connecting with an international community, all of which deepened and refined her skills,

‘Now, at Amanda’s Art,‘ she tells me, ‘ I specialize in creating captivating illustrations and unique prints that seem to resonate with diverse art lovers. This excites me enormously as I believe strongly in the power of art to inspire and evoke emotions.’

I found myself nodding along, because, for me, that is exactly the response Amanda’s art evokes. After all, you can remember an image of a cornfield that calmed or inspired you, but why not try putting a work of art on the wall that evokes the same response. Long may she continue to produce such individual work.

Find out more about Amanda Brake and her work: https://www.mandasartwork.shop/

https://www.amandaelainebrake.com

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Margaret Graham is the author of over twenty novels, under the names of Margaret Graham, Milly Adams and Annie Clarke.