Creative Artist

A Lifelong Obsession

A talented artist who has always had a passion for art, Amanda Gray cannot remember a time in her life when she was not painting or drawing. Coming from a family of engineers, pilots and mathematicians, Amanda felt somewhat like the black sheep, but art has always been an important part of her life. As a small child she was fascinated by her family’s Constable prints, and always ran to pictures when visiting, to see what people had. For reasons unknown, Amanda has always had a lifelong love of the painted surface, something she describes as a source of deep pleasure and sustenance through difficult times. She met

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