Description
Last summer, far from home, I was sitting by a river when a deer emerged from the woods. She was emaciated and her joints moved poorly. She had the appearance of a deer that wouldn't be in this world by spring. She stayed close to me for quite a while.
Deer represent gentleness, peace and change. The triangles represent the hills and valleys of home; however, in this case, they are inverted to show my absence from there. I used blue to define her form, to show her stepping from the physical world into the next one.
Materials
Acrylic on canvas with clear acrylic pieces.
Amanda Lawson
Choctaw Nation
About the Artist
Amanda is a registered Choctaw artist from Oklahoma who lives and works in New Mexico. She attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for her B.A. in studio art. She worked in public health for several years after graduation and made art as often as she was able. After leaving Oklahoma to move to New Mexico, she found new inspiration and gratefully returned to her artwork full-time in 2021. In the time since then, she has had work in a multitude of shows in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Oklahoma, and recently had some pieces purchased by the Choctaw Cultural Center. She has work in the upcoming Taos Abstract Artists Collective Spring show as well as Other Exceptional Women at Old Walls Gallery in Albuquerque this August.
