Amy Wheeler

Amy Wheeler paints the things most people walk past without a second glance; a dusty jar, a worn garden tool, a stack of old books, and invites you to look again. Her contemporary realist style oil paintings transform everyday objects into quiet meditations on memory, time, and beauty. The paintings are rendered with a level of precision and technical craft that elevates the overlooked (and often obsolete) into the meaningful.
Working from her home studio overlooking Canandaigua Lake, Amy brings a combination of technical detail and illustrative whimsy to her work. A graduate of the University of Dayton with a BFA in Visual Communication Design and a concentration in Illustration, Amy began her career as a freelance illustrator before building a successful mural practice across Rochester and the surrounding region. Her experience working at large scale (collaborating with clients, executing complex visual narratives) informs her studio practice today, where she brings the same discipline and intentionality to intimate, detail-rich paintings. Her studio is a place where she can slow down and let meaning accumulate layer by layer.
Her paintings are distinguished by careful attention to patina, reflective surfaces, vintage typography,...

A graduate of the University of Dayton with a BFA in Visual Communication Design and a concentration in Illustration, Amy began her career as a freelance illustrator before building a successful mural practice across Rochester and the surrounding region.