Amadea Bailey

Halle Berry

jmaynard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:27:36 +0000

“The minute I saw her work I was instantly drawn to it. There is something about it that I connect to because so much of Amadea’s soul and spirit is expressed there.

It is work that is easy to be with yet the more I look at it the more I see. Her art moves me, it makes me happy and it makes me think. It also makes me explore my own life. I have about six of her works. I am a huge fan.”

-Halle Berry

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Tina Louise, Halpin Bourdeaux

jmaynard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:24:17 +0000

I always had a dream of having a large painting in my living room. Six years ago my family moved across the country and built our dream house with a huge wall big enough to put up a dramatic and vibrant painting by Amadea. It is a contemporary piece with wonderful textures and drippings of red, orange, green and yellow flowing upward and downward with fanciful bold black dots disappearing behind layers of paint.

We spend many evenings by the fireplace with friends and family. and everyone admires this beautiful painting. it brings a most wonderful feeling of warmth and cheer to our living room and it has truly fulfilled my dream.

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Michael Eldridge, Architect

jmaynard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:22:46 +0000

I have lived with one of Amadea’s paintings for over five years now. It continues to delight with layers of depth that seem to float over one another, allowing glimpses, from time to time, through each layer to the next.

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Phyllis Coleman, Attorney

jmaynard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:21:22 +0000

What a treat it has been to spend a third of my life with two beautiful paintings by Amadea Bailey. When I look at these paintings I feel like I enter another world ? like the fourth dimension of time in a hologram. They are a celebration of life as well as deeply relaxing and peaceful and a welcome contrast to my work in the legal profession.

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Cathi Carlton, Casting Director

jmaynard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:20:17 +0000

I cherish my ?blue? painting by Amadea. It has followed me to various office spaces for the last 10 years.
Everywhere I go it becomes the center of focus. My Amadea piece calms me and makes me happy. People always comment on how serene it is amongst the chaos of my job. I truly appreciate the beauty of it.

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Andre Boissier, Entertainment Executive

jmaynard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:19:05 +0000

Living with Amadea’s paintings is like tapping into the horizon each day, like standing under a waterfall of serenity and creativity that reinvents itself daily and soothes the senses in the process. In the ten years that we have cohabitated with Amadea?s art, we have never grown bored and the fact that the art has inhabited various houses and always found its expression is a tribute to the gift that it is. My only complaint is the lack of wall space we have because Amadea paints on a large canvas, in itself a wonderful metaphor for life.

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Chantal Grindon, Real Estate Executive, Writer

jmaynard — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:17:09 +0000

We have known Amadea for 15 years and now have three of her beautiful paintings. Two of them are large and rather monochrome, and we have placed them in prominent spaces in our two homes because we want to see them often. When people visit, invariably, they express wonder at these stunning pieces. The third painting was done for my son when he was 8 years old at his request. It has never left his room and is now placed above his couch to make for a quiet very personal reading area. He loves it.

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Marilyn McLaughlin

jmaynard — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:56:36 +0000

“I found Amadea’s work by accident. I had looked on Google for a painter to do some interior painting and up popped Amadea’s website. I instantly loved her work and contacted her to get more information on her paintings. As it turned out, Amadea and I had met years ago during a very important time in my life and to have one of her paintings hanging in my house would have been just perfect, an omen.. I knew I was at the point of no return when Amadea hung Tribal Song on my wall “just to see how it would look”. I knew it would never come down.

I have a love for things African that I really can’t explain. As a Jewish woman I have always been baffled by this intense connection. The dance, music, languages, and people have always connected to some deep part of me. When Amadea told me that this painting had been inspired by the time she spent as a child living in Africa it made complete sense to me. Now I was sure it would never leave my house.

Often I rest on my sprawling couch and dream in to the painting. I feel the cool air, hear the water pouring down over the richly colored earth and rock. I feel calm and inspired, as if I was sitting right there in the heart of a roaring waterfall. I had never bought a piece of art like this before and was concerned that I would tire of it quickly and regret my purchase. In fact, it only continues to grow on me. Sometimes it is simply a beautiful and personal finishing touch on my living room ,bringing in the earthy colors that I was craving. Other times, I indulge and allow myself a momentary escape into the powerful and grounding colors, sounds and smells of this far away, familiar place.”

– Marilyn McLaughlin

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Primavera | A work in progress

amadea — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:37:49 +0000

PRIMAVERA

I recently started this new painting called Primavera. It is the fourth painting in a series that I have been working on for a few months. They are all large scale paintings. In this series I have been exploring themes of freedom and flight. Each painting has a suggestion of outstretched wings and has a feeling of expansion and exuberance.

In this painting I am playing with colors that epitomize spring for me…..greens and lavenders and purples. As an expressionist painter I never know what the painting is going to look like before I start. The painting is the PROCESS and it unfolds over time. Sometimes the process is quick and sometimes it takes months and months. Each painting is a unique adventure and exploration.

I come to it fresh every day and let it speak to me . I listen for guidance and am guided by my body and my eyes. I often meditate before I start and ask to be an open vessel for creative ideas and insights to flow through me.

This painting is still in its early stages. I began on the floor as you can see in some of the images. Usually the painting goes back and forth from the floor to the wall and back again. I have also added a few details and upclose shots of the painting.

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Amadea and her painting process documented by Eric Finke

amadea — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:38:42 +0000

A few months ago my good friend Eric Finke called me and asked if he could do a video of me.
His intention was to interview me in my studio as well as to shoot some video of me working on a painting. Eric has been working for a few years as an editor and wanted to start working on his own projects. I said i would be delighted to do this project with him. Eric came over to my studio about four times during the process. He came initially and took alot of shots in the studio itself. I had been thinking about a new painting I had been wanting to start and thought it would be perfect for this project. I already had three paintings in a series and wanted to start a fourth one. Generally when I start a painting I don’t really have a clear sense of where it is going to go… or any idea what the end product is going to look like. I just was feeling RED…. and that I wanted the painting to have a lot of movement and that I wanted somehow to incorporate the image of ”wide spread wings” and a sense of freedom… both of which had been present in the other three paintings. So I spread out a large blank canvas on the floor of my studio, poured the paint out onto paper plates (a different color onto each plate) and we began.
The painting seemed to happen very easily and effortlessly. After our first session Eric
said he wanted to come back and shoot some video of my face and hands to incorporate into the footage he had already taken. He also had some other very specific ideas that he wanted to
work on to incorporate into the piece.

Then Eric disappeared into his editing process… and a few weeks later emerged with the video….which is now posted on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUCpZNn7Q3Y

I think he did an absolutely stunning job. The video itself is a work of art. I hope you will take a look and let me know what you think. What are your favorite parts? What spoke to you the most? Is there
anything you wish there was more of? If there was a sequel what would it be? I would welcome
your comments.

After our initial sessions i worked on the painting a few more times
and have included an image of it in its final form.

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