
Exquisite hand painted greeting card is a perceptual study. Painted with ink and watercolor on white Strathmore 140-lb acid free paper Continue reading “Space Study #11 (2013)”

Exquisite hand painted greeting card is a perceptual study. Painted with ink and watercolor on white Strathmore 140-lb acid free paper Continue reading “Space Study #11 (2013)”

This digital work celebrates Dame Alice Ellen Terry (1847–1928), an English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and toured throughout the British provinces in her teens.

Some rippling of the paper due to the dilution of the water-based medium.
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Amy Ione
Title: Expressive Sketch
Date: 2016
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Dimensions: 24×18 inches (unframed)
Unsigned
Catalog Number: 35681

Artist: Amy Ione.
Exquisite hand painted greeting card. Painted with ink and watercolor on white Strathmore 140-lb acid free paper. Inside is blank. Signed by artist. Works as a small wall hung painting when framed. Card measure 5″x6-7/8″. Envelope measures 5-1/4″x7-1/4″. (#20121)

A portable, intimate example of the artist’s work, this card reflects her interest in transformation and fluidity, with a design that feels both structured and spontaneous. Continue reading “Mutation Study Greeting Card (2019)”

Homage to Vermeer (2011) reimagines Johannes Vermeer’s The Art of Painting through a contemporary lens. Rather than replicating the Dutch master’s meticulous realism, the work translates Vermeer’s luminous interior into a modern idiom of layered color, flattened space, and pattern. By invoking Vermeer’s iconic meditation on the painter at work, this painting also places Ione’s practice within a lineage of artists reflecting on the nature of painting. Continue reading “Homage to Vermeer’s Art of Painting (2011)”

Spring Medley, a vivid exploration of geometric abstraction, features a dynamic interplay of triangles, lines, and gradients. It has an architectural stability, with form and color converging to evoke motion, depth, and resonance. When engaging with this non-representational work, the eye is drawn across the canvas by the rhythm of these shapes and the way the gradient transitions strike the eye. Because the qualities of one’s visual experience are subtle, it takes continued or prolonged engagement to sense how both structured and fluid elements impact the viewer on a sensory level.
Continue reading “Spring Medley (2010)”

Although this homage painting does not look at all like a Leonardo da Vinci work, the reference here is to an idea found in Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, where he encouraged artists to study stains on walls to spark imaginative interpretations. Leonardo’s Wall is a painting that echoes his recommendation. Its title invites viewers to find meaning in the work’s abstract gestures. In other words, when viewers actively engage with this perceptual puzzle they perceive “faces” that are not literal portraits but rather gestural impressions.