This section showcases small paintings. Since the purpose of this website is to archive Amy Ione’s work from the 1970s to the present, both successful and less successful work is displayed. For more information about any of the works, click on the caption below the painting or send an email.
Homage to Paul Klee (Blue Night) #1 is an intimate tribute to Paul Klee’s 1937 Blue Night (Blaue Nacht) painting. Like Klee’s work, this piece reflects a fusion of abstraction and poetic nuance. One noteworthy quality is how the homage to Klee asserts a contemporary rhythm through its presentation of a geometric composition built entirely from straight lines and angular forms. Continue reading “Homage to Paul Klee (Blue Night) #1 (2018)”
An alter ego is an alternate self. This small painting isn’t an alter ego in the sense that it is distinct from my true creative personality, but stylistically it is somewhat of a detour.
This compact work does not depict a literal snowy scene; rather, it represents the sensory experience of snow, light, and a sense of drifting atmospheric depth. The small flower at the top emphasizes the relationship between fragile living forms and powerful environmental forces.
This watercolor and ink painting uses Capricorn symbols as graphic elements to generate a musical and perceptual image. The 1983 piece is on archival paper
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