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12/30/2021

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Dear Friends,

Happy New Year!

I have not been in touch since 2019. 2020 and 2021 seemed like one year because the COVID-19 pandemic led to quarantines and canceled or altered events during both years.

Because of the change in lifestyle during the pandemic, I developed a renewed interest in photography focused on wildlife, particularly birds and butterflies. In the process I learned about so many different types. In the early days of the pandemic we hardly left home and our only normalcy was being in nature. The birds seemed to continue life as usual when our lives had changed.

I took photographs of birds and butterflies by my house, at family's homes, at parks, on neural grounds, etc. I became interested in protecting birds and biodiversity. According to Britannica, "Biodiversity is the variety of life found in a place on Earth or, often, the total variety of life on Earth."

Here are some photos I took of birds. Let me know if you would like more information about any of them.

Somehow I have gradually begun to focus on drawings again in addition to photos. Here are some drawings I did in 2021. I still draw portraits of people like the ones below also. I consider my bird drawings and paintings portraits too.

More details about the drawings is here.

The monk parakeets below stand out because they are very attractive and green. Their sound is not melodic, though.

Both the hummingbird below and the woodpecker below it enjoy the trumpet vine flowers.

The cedar waxwing on the left below and the blue jays on the right below have strikingly bright colors. The blue jays stick around all year and the cedar waxwings come when it gets cooler here in New Orleans.

More information about the art is here.

I plan to keep in touch more often. I hope you have a great New Years celebration!

Until Next time,
Amy Bryan

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Amy Bryan’s Bird Photos

2/17/2021

Art to Share

5/29/2019

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Hi Friends,

Happy Summer!

I haven't sent an email since July 2018, but here is an update. Last February I had a show at the New Orleans Healing Center with Natori Green. I had been working on portraits up to October and then I had the inspiration to create positive affirmations. Here are the affirmation drawings I created. They are a reminder to be yourself, let your light shine, and make healthy choices.

After February I got taken up with being an elementary and middle school teacher and took a break from art. Now summer is back and it's time for new inspiration!

These are some of the portraits I had in the exhibit. Two were inspired by the beach.

Let's keep in touch.

Until next time,

Amy
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Art to Share, July 2018

7/5/2018

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"Untitled", colored pencils, 9"x12", 7/2018, created/copyrighted by Amy Bryan 2018

Dear Friends,

I hope you are enjoying the warm weather and warm is an understatement.

Here is my latest art to share.

My last two months were very artful. May 10th to 13th I participated in a collaboration with Courtney Bryan and Alma Bryan Powell called "Sister Portraits" at Southern Sonic: A Sound Art and Experimental Music Festival at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans. It included music interpretations of Alma's and my art originally composed and performed by Courtney Bryan. Here is a photo of the display that included earphones to listen to the music. There was also a performance on May 11th. Courtney played her original piano compositions and Alma projected slides of her and my work on a background screen.

Here are photos from our event. Here is a link to some of Courtney Bryan's music on her website.

At the same time on May 12th my two person exhibit with Natori Green opened at the New Orleans Healing Center. Natori and I had an art talk on June 12th. Our exhibit was called "Woven".

Here is a link to our art talk. The first video includes both Natori and I and the second video only includes my part.

Video of Art Talk: Natori Green and I discuss our exhibit at the New Orleans Healing Center called "Woven".

Video of my part of the art talk for the "Woven" exhibit at the New Orleans Healing Center.

Collage of photos of my work in the "Woven" exhibit at the New Orleans Healing Center from May 12th to July 6th 2018.

Keep cool in this heat.

Until next time,
Amy

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Venerable Henriette Delille

4/2/2018

I created a portrait of “Venerable Henriette Delille” (1813-1862) for a group exhibit at Stella Jones Gallery in New Orleans called "Made Louisiana" (March 1-April 28, 2018). The exhibit celebrates some of the contributions of people of African decent to New Orleans during the city's 2018 celebration of it's 300 year existence, the tricentennial. Henriette Delille was a free woman of color and mixed race during the time of slavery in the US. She founded an order of nuns that is now called the Sisters of the Holy Family and was dedicated to serving the poor. She is now being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church.

Amy Bryan (Artist), Henriette Delille , graphite and ink, 18"x24", 2018, copyrighted

Art to Share, Nov. 2017

11/26/2017

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Clockwise from upper left: “Dark Woman #2”, acrylic paint markers, fabric, 9”x10”, 2017, "Dark Woman #1”, acrylic paint markers, fabric, 9”x10”, 2017, “Woman with Wings", brush pens, fabric, 9”x12”, 2017, “Flowering Woman”,brush pens, fabric, 2017, 13”x15. Artwork copyrighted by Amy Bryan 2017.

Photo of my section of the "Scavengers" exhibit at the Art Klub at 1941 Arts St., New Orleans, LA, November 16, 2017 to February 25, 2018.

Hi Friends,

I hope you enjoyed Thanksgiving in the United States. My Thanksgiving holiday started off with my participation in a new group exhibit. More info is here. I was excited about the attractive gallery area and the interesting artists who also were involved.

I was also excited about using fabric again. The last time I used fabric was when I was creating masks about 10 years ago and before that in graduate school.

I hope you have interpretations of the drawings shown above. This email is mostly visual.

Until next time,

Amy

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Art to Share, Sept. 2017

9/23/2017

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"Woman with Daisies Side View" by Amy Bryan
Faber-Castell brush pens, 18"x24", 9-2017

"Listening Woman" by Amy Bryan, graphite, 18"x24", 7-2017

Dear Friends,

Best wishes for the fall.

Above I share two of my most recent drawings.

Over the summer I researched the best drawing markers and pens. My dilemma was that I like the brightness of colorful sharpies, but they are not archival. "An archival material should ... have good aging properties” (Artist's Magazine). As a result, I have begun to use Faber-Castell brush pens, as in "Woman with Daisies Side View" above. I also continue to do pencil drawings, as in "Listening Woman" above. My drawings are also a little larger, 18" x 24".

I am inspired by a few collaborations with women and fellow artists I am participating in that are allowing my drawings to have a voice of their own. One collaboration is with Kenetha Harrington's upcoming horror film. She includes my drawings as props in her storyline. My sister, Courtney Bryan also plans to include my portraits in her sound piece exhibit scheduled for May.

Also, I plan to collaborate with Courtney and Kenetha in my upcoming group exhibit called P4: Scavengers with the Art Klub. I will exhibit five portrait drawings from November 16, 2017 to February 25, 2018 there. The performance collaboration with music from Courtney and character personifications by Kenetha is planned for January 27th from 7 to 9PM. I hope if you are in town you can come. If not, I hope you will see the video.

Until Next time,
Amy Bryan

As Soul II Soul said in the late eighties "Keep on moving..like the hands of time"

Soul II Soul, "Keep on Moving"

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Art to Share, July 2017

7/12/2017

July 2017

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Drawings © by Amy Bryan 2017
Top Left: Woman with Transparent Bowl, graphite, 7"x 11", 2017
Top right: Woman with Basket, graphite, 8"x8", 2017
Bottom left: Woman with Daisy's, permanent markers, 8"x11", 2017
Bottom Right: Woman with Sunflowers, permanent markers, 8"x11", 2017

Hello Friends,

It's been a while since I last emailed, but now I am happy to show you what I have been working on.

The four portraits above were created this past spring and display my current theme: Woman Carrying. It is an amalgamation of my spontaneous portraits and the ideas from my Ghana Series (inspired by my 2009 trip there). Here are some past images from that series.

Drawings © by Amy Bryan
Left: Man, Woman, Baby, and Umbrella, graphite, 22"x30", 2015
Middle: Woman Looking. graphite, 17"x25", 2015
Right: Woman Carrying, graphite, 15"x22", 2012

In other news, I got married last month.

Until next time,

Amy Bryan

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Amy's March 2017 Art Happenings

3/5/2017

Although I haven't posted in a few months, here are photos from exhibits I participated in during January and February. I was happy to finally exhibit the work I completed and mentioned on my blog here in previous months.

February 2017, Second Story Coop Gallery exhibit called Renew at the New Orleans Healing Center in New Orleans, Louisiana

January 2017, Annual Martin Luther King exhibit with the New Orleans National Conference of Artists at Ashe Cultural Center in New Orleans, Louisiana

I also completed this drawing this month called "Woman Rising". It's an 11"x14" colored pencil drawing.

November 2016 "Art to Share"

11/23/2016

November 2016

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Magnolia #2, soft pastels, 12"x18", ©Amy Bryan 11-2016

Magnolia #1, soft pastels, 12"x18", ©Amy Bryan 11-2016

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are my latest magnolia drawings. They were inspired by seeing my elementary age art students' drawings of magnolias.

Until next time,
Amy

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