Amy Florence

"Nature is above all, creative. I have a love for the natural world and I am a keen anthropologist, bird watcher and naturalist. The beauty of the world around me is my inspiration and I want to capture and describe it to others through my painting.

I hope that this fascination is something that will be conveyed through my paintings. My intention is to show this to others in a hope that they will stop and look around them, and see beyond themselves, towards something that is not only mesmeric and contemplative, but also profoundly beautiful"

Amy Florence is a London born artist working out of her studio in Florence, Italy. At the age of 17 she moved to Florence, to train at the Charles H. Cecil Studios, a classical painting atelier, where she went on to teach the advanced painting and drawing programs for 5 years. She set up Studio Donatello in November 2014, her private studio that also offers short courses and private tuition. The classical training that Amy received evolved into modern impressionism, inspired by artists such as Berthe Morisot, Claude Monet, Arkady Plastov, Konstantin Korovin and Walter
Sickert. She is interested in the visual language of painting. Creating the illusion of form, light and life through vivacious, dappled brushstrokes.

The natural world influences Amy's life and work, she is an ornithologist and although trained initially as a portrait painter, spends much of her time painting the Landscape, and nature inspired Still-life. She continues to accept a number of portrait commissions per year and has twice exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at the Mall Galleries in London.
She divides her time between her studio in Florence, her home in the Tuscan hillside, and her family home in London, England.

Amy is represented by t...

Exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at the Mall Galleries, London, 2014

The Palazzo Tornabuoni, solo exhibition, Florence 2014

The Modern Pantry, solo exhibition, London 2015

Resident artist at Borgo Santo Pietro, Siena 2017

The View Gallery, solo exhibition, London 2017

Exhibited with Art Below, Stations of the Cross, alongside Francis Bacon, London, 2018

Exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters at the Mall Galleries, London, 2018

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, group exhibition 'Water' June 2018

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, group exhibition 'Broad Impressions' April 2019

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, group exhibition 'Gems' November 2019

The Palazzo Tornabuoni, solo exhibition, Florence 2019

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, group exhibition 'Fenske and Friends' February 2020

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, group exhibition 'Gems' November 2020

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, two person exhibition 'Vicini, Amici' Amy Florence & Tim McGuire, October 2021

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, group exhibition 'Bounty of Beauty', May 2022

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, two person exhibition 'Inside Out' Amy Florence &
Nelson White, April 2023

Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, group exhibition ‘Greenhouse’ ce...