I live an artistic life. I funnel my experiences into creating. I pour my energies into acquiring and perfecting the skills of creating. I strive to make all my creations speak without effort, shout when they need to, and whisper when there is silence.
My inspiration is not limited the things that I have experienced, but the things that may be experienced or have been experience by others. It is through a journey of the mind that I create tattoos, illustrations, graphic designs, and commission paintings for individuals and businesses.
Sanford Meisner called acting "being truthful under imaginary circumstances." I bring that to my model work and acting, as well as to my paintings and performance art. All art is being truthful under imaginary circumstance, and it is creating a circumstance that foster imagination.
A brief biography
AmArA studied acting intensively under the Binghamton Rod Serling School of Art and Jan DeAngelo. Graduating with an Arts Regents, she discovered scenic painting and design apprenticing at Tri-Cities Opera during her junior college studies. She transferred to the State University of New York at Fredonia, where she earned a Bachelors of Fine Art studying scenic and costume design, art history, and liberal arts.
AmArA was primarily involved in theatrical arts until 2010. She held position of charge artist at Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company, Utah Symphony Opera, Utah Musical Theatre, and Tri-Cities Opera, and has created designs for The Draper Theatre, Wells College, Stone Soup Theatre, and Ithaca Shakespeare Company.
In 2010, after teaching at Wells College and exploring academically the applications of performance art, AmArA began focusing her own art on the fusion of performance art, painting, and artistic video editing. She travelled cross-country in a Kia Rio named Moxie with her fiance, artist & photographer JK, on a journey of discovery. Settling in Seattle, Washington, she spent a very prolific year painting her Affair with the World series, Jetsam collection, and the Extra Artist series, which documents her experiences working on the independent Matthew Lillard film Fat Kid Rules the World. During this period, AmArA also branched out, applying her skills to tattoo design, illustration, and graphic design.
Moving back to upstate New York, AmArA began exhibiting her work in solo shows and installations. While concurrently showing at various venues through 2012, she continued to create new collections mainly inspired by music. She produced Inspiration|Music, each painting representing a single musical artist; Butterflies, inspired by the rehearsals of a Tri-Cities Opera production of Madame Butterfly; and Premiere Experience, based on her adventure to Austin, Texas for the premiere of Fat Kid Rules the World at music and film fest SxSw.
AmArA spent the final months of 2012 preparing for collaboratively designed wedding with her now husband, JK. The ceremony was performed at the Livery Barn family home in Triangle, NY on December 21, 2012. They were concurrently working on a collaborative exhibit and installation, Large&Small that opened January 4, 2013. It included giant paintings, tiny earrings, mannequin head sculptures, photography, and a rough cut documentary.
AmAra is currently working with JK to launch their studio store, Blanc, Noir, et Rouge.
She premiered her
My inspiration is not limited the things that I have experienced, but the things that may be experienced or have been experience by others. It is through a journey of the mind that I create tattoos, illustrations, graphic designs, and commission paintings for individuals and businesses.
Sanford Meisner called acting "being truthful under imaginary circumstances." I bring that to my model work and acting, as well as to my paintings and performance art. All art is being truthful under imaginary circumstance, and it is creating a circumstance that foster imagination.
A brief biography
AmArA studied acting intensively under the Binghamton Rod Serling School of Art and Jan DeAngelo. Graduating with an Arts Regents, she discovered scenic painting and design apprenticing at Tri-Cities Opera during her junior college studies. She transferred to the State University of New York at Fredonia, where she earned a Bachelors of Fine Art studying scenic and costume design, art history, and liberal arts.
AmArA was primarily involved in theatrical arts until 2010. She held position of charge artist at Chautauqua Conservatory Theatre Company, Utah Symphony Opera, Utah Musical Theatre, and Tri-Cities Opera, and has created designs for The Draper Theatre, Wells College, Stone Soup Theatre, and Ithaca Shakespeare Company.
In 2010, after teaching at Wells College and exploring academically the applications of performance art, AmArA began focusing her own art on the fusion of performance art, painting, and artistic video editing. She travelled cross-country in a Kia Rio named Moxie with her fiance, artist & photographer JK, on a journey of discovery. Settling in Seattle, Washington, she spent a very prolific year painting her Affair with the World series, Jetsam collection, and the Extra Artist series, which documents her experiences working on the independent Matthew Lillard film Fat Kid Rules the World. During this period, AmArA also branched out, applying her skills to tattoo design, illustration, and graphic design.
Moving back to upstate New York, AmArA began exhibiting her work in solo shows and installations. While concurrently showing at various venues through 2012, she continued to create new collections mainly inspired by music. She produced Inspiration|Music, each painting representing a single musical artist; Butterflies, inspired by the rehearsals of a Tri-Cities Opera production of Madame Butterfly; and Premiere Experience, based on her adventure to Austin, Texas for the premiere of Fat Kid Rules the World at music and film fest SxSw.
AmArA spent the final months of 2012 preparing for collaboratively designed wedding with her now husband, JK. The ceremony was performed at the Livery Barn family home in Triangle, NY on December 21, 2012. They were concurrently working on a collaborative exhibit and installation, Large&Small that opened January 4, 2013. It included giant paintings, tiny earrings, mannequin head sculptures, photography, and a rough cut documentary.
AmAra is currently working with JK to launch their studio store, Blanc, Noir, et Rouge.
She premiered her
