Contemporary Acrylic and Mixed Media Paintings

My name is Amanda Curbishley and I am a contemporary artist who works in acrylics and mixed media. 

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I am fascinated by the effects of light, by texture and natural forms, by shape and colour in nature. I like the effects of weather and age on natural or manmade surfaces. I try to reflect these in my work. 

I love the versatility of acrylic and by using acrylic and mixed media I try to incorporate bright colours and textures into my paintings, which lean toward the semi abstract. 

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I am a regular exhibitor throughout Buckinghamshire including at the Bucks Art Society Exhibitions, Mentmore Arts Festival, Bucks Open Studios, Obsidian Gallery, Bucks County Museum and various art festivals. 

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I have exhibited at the Royal Society of Marine Artists exhibition and the ING Discerning Eye exhibition, both at the Mall Galleries in central London, at ‘Not the Royal Academy’ at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London and at The Crypt Gallery, St. Ives and in Chichester with members of the National Acrylic Painters Association. I held solo art exhibitions at Claydon Estate Courtyard, 2018 and in 2021 at The Three Hares Gallery in Olney. I have also exhibited with the Oxford Art Society and in ‘The People’s Landscape exhibition’ at Claydon House.

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I have sold to private collections both home and abroad.

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I am a Chair of the Buckinghamshire Art Society, member of the National Acrylic Painters Association and the Visual Images Group. I teach a drawing and painting class at the Queens Park Arts Centre and guest tutor at other local groups.

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Timeline:

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2015 Creative Connections, Bucks County Museum
2015 Obsidian Art Poetry Exhibition “Art of Poetry”
2015 Obsidian Art, “Coast and Meadow”, Stoke Mandeville
2016 Obsidian Summer Exhibition, “Coast and Meadow”

2016 Autumn Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville
2016 Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London
2016 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2017 Obsidian Art Spring Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville
2017 “A Painter, A Printer and A Potter”, Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamstead
2017 National Acrylic Painters Association Summer Exhibition, St Ives, Cornwall
2017 Not the Royal academy, Llewelyn Alexander Gallery, Waterloo
2017 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2018 ‘From Sea to Shore’ my first solo show, Claydon Estate, Bucks

2018 Autumn Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville

2019 Obsidian Art Spring Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville

2019 National Acrylic Painters Association Summer Exhibition, St Ives, Cornwall

2019 Obsidian Art Summer Collection Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville

2019 Claydon House Art Exhibition: The People’s Landscape

2019 Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition

2019 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2020 Oxford Art Society Open Exhibition, online

2020 elected member of Oxford Art Society

2020 Buckinghamshire Art Society Centenary Exhibition, Buckinghamshire County Museum

2021 National Acrylic Painters Association Summer Exhibition, John Rank Gallery, Chichester

2021 Coast and Country, Solo exhibition, Three Hares Gallery, Olney

2021 Summer Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville

2021 Autumn Collection, Obsidian Art, Stoke Mandeville

2021 Buckinghamshire Art Society autumn exhibition

2022 Elected Chair Buckinghamshire Art Society

2022 Oxford Art Society members exhibition

2022 Obsidian Art Summer Collection Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville

2022 Obsidian Art Autumn Collection Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville

2022 Royal Society of Marine Artists, Mall Galleries, London

2023 'Earth and Water', Queens Park Art Centre, Aylesbury (two person show)

2023 Buckinghamshire Art Society Spring exhibition

2023 Oxford Art Society Members Exhibition, Oxford

2023 Discover Bucks Museum Open Exhibition, Aylesbury

2023 Buckinghamshire Art Society autumn exhibition

2023 Obsidian Art Winter Collection Exhibition, Stoke Mandeville

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Regular exhibitor at:
Pop Up Art Weekend, Chiltern MS Centre Art Festival, Wendover, Bucks
Mentmore Arts Festival
Bucks Art Weeks
Bucks Art Society Exhibitions

Oxford Art Society exhibitions

 

Tutorial for SAA ‘Paint’ Magazine published in January 2021

2 articles published in the Leisure Painter Magazine 2023