Clay from her yard, rocks from the side of the highway, and random bits of shale all turned into art supplies. Yeah, she MAKES HER OWN PAINT! A few years ago, at an art opening in Tennessee, I met Chattanooga based painter Amanda Brazier. We didn’t talk for long, but long enough for me to find out that she makes all of her own paint. Obviously I ran back to the hotel and looked her up… instant love. So here we are, years later, and I get an hour to talk to her about how she does what she does! We also talk about ice cream and running quite a bit. Brace yourself. You can listen right up there under Amanda’s freshly made paint, or you can subscribe on iTunes.
Let’s start at the beginning… the magical, natural beginning:
Gah! Look at all of those perfect homemade tubes! And yes, there are quite a few Red Bank Red’s in there… straight from Amanda’s backyard. Amazing. And how perfect is it that she’s a trail runner and part-time high school cross country running coach!? She can gather samples while she’s out there ; )
She talked about how she’s able to make the different colors in her beautiful, quiet, natural palette. I wanted to know about this dreamy grey-ish blue:
Oooh. I love them all!
Up next… this is where Amanda’s fascination with structures began, and how it evolved:
Lovely.
And finally, the painted “weavings” that give me a headache just trying to figure out what should go where and when:
Oh my goodness… so so so good!
Thank you so much to Amanda for telling us the secrets behind her beautiful, natural work; thanks to Saatchi Art for supporting this episode; high fives to audible.com for making my new book into an audio book… to preorder a copy of the audio book FOR FREE, along with a 30 day free trial at Audible, you can use my fancy link: audibletrial.com/JealousCurator … and as always, thank you for listening. There will be more art for your ear next weekend.
Other links:
- Mark Bradley-Shoup
- Freed Hardeman College
- Earth Pigments
- Natural Pigments
- Sandy Webster
- Cat planters by Beardbangs!
I always love your podcasts Danielle, but this one was extra fab with Amanda’s beautiful paints and you both talking about your running. I’m exactly the same and HAVE to exercise along with my hours of working and too much staring at the PC. I’m off to pre-order your ‘My inner Critic…’ as I know your way of describing all the ‘telling yourself you’re a bit crap’ that we need to get past to make art is going to be spot on and very truthful. Love your style of interviewing and speaking. Thanks for all this loveliness x
Hello…
How does one get in touch with you? No mail id …or atleast I couldn’t find it. Pls do reply. You have my mail id.
Thank you.
contact@thejealouscurator.com : )
Going shale searching again!! So excited about this interview; thank you 🙂
Loving the interviews Danielle. I’ve been listening in the studio and tend to only look at the associated artist works after the interview so as not to disrupt my own process. The suspense kills me!
Loved it!! Amanda is so a lovely and down to earth (sorry for the pun but she really is)!!
Beautiful art and I love her passion for it. She really must visit our Makhtesh Ramon… Im sure it would be a treasure trove for her.
Have a great week x
Another fun interview! Sometimes iconographers make their own pigments too.
As a Jamaican girl, you CAN eat rice and beans every SINGLE DAY. Of course, if you add jerk chicken then you are truly set for life. This interview was great. It made me think about the red soil at home.
ha! that does sound realllly good!
Wow! Amanda’s work and process is incredible. Thanks for sharing!
super cool art and conversation! i love the idea of making paints. i was _just_ in chatanooga for the first time last weekend, and it is one cool city! well worth a day or weekend trip.
isn’t it a great city? i was there a few years ago and loved every minute!
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