Dubhe Carreño Gallery

Amanda Bray

Artist's Statement

My new body of work  is an examination of my relationships with  sisters,  friends, lovers.  I am exploring the varying degrees of depth of these connections, using  human figures, usually engaged with each other and animals.  I use these animals to create a visual vocabulary of symbolism that aids the viewer in understanding  the nature of the relationship.  I am interested in the tension in these relationships; hands, faces, almost touching, but not quite,  and the constant flux of a particular relationship, at very different stages of connection.

Although this body of work developed out of my personal relationships, I believe that this exploration becomes universal, the desire to find something in oneself, in someone else. The search for a connection so close it is seamless.