ARTIST STATEMENT
Amnaj’s Impressionist-style oil paintings of abstract and semi-abstract landscapes are brought to life through seemingly still surfaces of paint that, upon closer inspection, reveal astonishing layers of depth and dimension. Rich with emotional resonance, each painting offers a different experience depending on the viewer’s own memories, emotions, and interpretations, allowing them to reconstruct stories upon the canvas in their own way.
For Amnaj, however, the canvas represents an ideal world— a continuation of a body of work filled with colors, natural scenery, and seemingly innocent birds that is, in fact, a form of social critique from the perspective of a contemporary painter.