Tree Lines #1
oil on canvas
28 x 22 in.
Tree Aerial
red oxide on paper
22 x 23 in.
Holbein: The King
acrylic on canvas
47 x 35.25 in.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
acrylic on canvas
82 x 47.5 in.
American Plastic
oil on canvas
48 x 84 in.
Bug Splat at 70 Miles Per Hour
acrylic on canvas
59 x 36 in.
Amaya says:”I like to meditate on the patterns all around us that carry an inexplicable meaning , a feeling that starts with the eyes but ends up floating in the space inches above the head – beheld, but unknown.”
These patterns appear in the intimate similarity of trees, maps, telephone lines in his paintings, indicating the web-like lattice that structures his reality. Through extensive travels to mysterious sites such as Easter Island, Machu Pichu and the Nazca Lines, Amaya experienced the sense of the past manifested in the present moment. This led him to ask,”Ubi sunt? ” Where are those who have gone before? By channeling this sensitivity into his work, Amaya paints some of those complexities that may be difficult to describe in language.
Born in Wheeling ,West Virginia , Amaya studied art and architecture at the University of Michigan, printmaking at West Virginia University and painting at S.U.N.Y. Buffalo. He now resides and teaches in Buffalo , N. Y.