Amy Falstrom

The unpredictable nature of the pandemic changed Amy’s plans to travel to England and Scotland in summer 2020. Instead, she explored remote areas of Ireland, driving to four counties in the southwest: Galway, Clare, Kerry and Cork. With no real itinerary, she walked through national parks and along heritage trails. Being alone in these strange and wild places had a deeply renewing effect. I wandered, open to the life around me, and cherished feeling no pressure to “capture it” for the purpose of producing art.

Amy knew she needed a break after years of producing work and selling her work in commercial galleries. During her Creative Renewal experience, she recalled the training she received as an art student in the 1980s, which emphasized formal visual elements, development of drawing skills, the craft of painting, and the value of observing and interpreting the richness of the world as is. Until I hit a creative wall, I was not conscious of the accumulation of ideas about art I had imposed upon myself. I remembered that it was the “truth and beauty” found in nature that attracted me to art in the first place; to simply be true to what I observed and trust it would naturally reveal the beauty I wanted to convey in my unique way.

amy falstrom

painter & teacher

"The strong desire I have to be alone in nature is almost like a metaphor in my life. Going to ‘outer nature’ keeps me in touch with my ‘inner nature."

Amy Falstrom

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