Amanda Saint Claire

I am a painter using primarily oil and acrylic paint. I also have a fascination with cold wax medium. While I love the experience of work in large scale, I also enjoy creating intimate textures through the use of layering and subtraction and using tools from the hardware store to create interesting surfaces. Being an artist brings me a lot of joy and tranquility that used to manifest as anxiety before I started painting. It allows me to connect and communicate with others in unique ways. It expresses the sublime that is under the context of spoken language. Art doesn’t recognize disability or borders and my studio is open and inclusive. In my personal practice and my work with others I give permission to play and explore the “what if” of a situation. At times I am engaged in a tug of war between control and surrender. It is how I process the chaos of the world around me and emotions that arise in a productive way. I have an art studio in San Diego where I create nearly every day. I have three young teenagers that challenge and inspire me to be the best version of me that I can and my spouse of 21 years is still on active duty in the U.S. Navy. I am a self-taught artist, having left the practice of law after a prolonged...

Pacifica Graduate School, 2021-2023, Santa Barbara, CA (Degree Candidate- MA Humanities and the Creative Life)
Tulane School of Law, J.D. 1998 New Orleans, LA
Dickinson College, BA, 1991, Carlisle, PA

Trainings:
Expressive Arts Institute, Expressive Arts Consultation and Education Certification, Completion July 2021, San Diego, CA
Creative Visionary Mentorship Intensive one year program with
Bay Area contemporary artist, Nicholas Wilton, Sausalito, CA,
2016-2017
Losina Art Center  Advanced Artist Annual Membership 2016-2017
Print Making Workshop Master Printer Andre Fono, San Francisco, 2016
Private Student of Margaret Chiaro, MFA, 2014

2020 August/September. Laying it Bare: The Work of Redono & Saint Claire. Fresh Paint Gallery in La Jolla,
2020 Midnight, Group Show, National, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
2020 The Many Faces of Red, Group Show, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
2019-2020 Radical Inclusion: Better Together, Group Show, Various locations including Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA and The Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
2019 Veteran’s Art Show, Art Spark Texas, Austin, TX
2019 In Gold We Trust, National Group Show, Ashton Gallery, CA
2019 Pop Up Show, Tularosa House of Art, San Diego, CA
2019 Spring Show, Del Mar Art Center Gallery, Del Mar, CA
2019 ENCINITAS!, Solo show, Culture Brewing, Encinitas, CA
2019 Wild Things, Invitational Pop up, Dogpatch, San Francisco, CA
2018 Sugar High, Invitational group show, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA
2018 International Veterans Art Exhibition (IVAE18), The Australian National
Veterans Arts Museum, Sydney, Australia.
2018 Black-Out, National group show, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
2018 After Dark, Group show, Benicia Arts, Benicia, CA
2018 Veteran Artist Program, Group show, Union Hall Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018 Imagine, Solo show, Faust Gallery, Sante Fe, NM
2018 Art Sante Fe, Opus...