Pittsford Fine Art Presents Featured Artist Amy Wheeler. Exhibition on view June 2 through June 30. An opening reception will be held on Friday, June 5, from 5 to 8 pm.
Artist Amy Wheeler paints the things most people walk past without a second glance; a dusty jar, a worn garden tool, a stack of old books, and invites you to look again. Her contemporary realist style oil paintings transform everyday objects into quiet meditations on memory, time, and beauty. The paintings are rendered with a level of precision and technical craft that elevates the overlooked (and often obsolete) into the meaningful.
Working from her home studio overlooking Canandaigua Lake, Amy brings a combination of technical detail and illustrative whimsy to her work. A graduate of the University of Dayton with a BFA in Visual Communication Design and a concentration in Illustration, Amy began her career as a freelance illustrator before building a successful mural practice across Rochester and the surrounding region. Her experience working at large scale (collaborating with clients, executing complex visual narratives) informs her studio practice today, where she brings the same discipline and intentionality to intimate, detail-rich paintings. Her studio is a place where she can slow down and let meaning accumulate layer by layer.
Her paintings are distinguished by careful attention to patina, reflective surfaces, vintage typography, and layered composition. Many works carry subtle conceptual frameworks woven beneath the surface such as a sequential alphabet naming system. Above all, Amy wants her work to feel familiar in a way that’s hard to name. Nostalgia is an emotion felt by all. It is often triggered by some common items and experiences in our collective past. At the same time, it is also a deeply personal and complex emotion.
“I am drawn to ordinary objects that carry history,” says Amy. “Through painting, I hope to provide a sense of permanence and emotional connection in a world evolving at breakneck speed.”
Amy’s work is also available on her website at https://amywheelerartist.com/.
An opening reception will be held on Friday, June 5 from 5-8 pm with the artist in attendance. The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours.
Pittsford Fine Art, a gallery owned and run by 23 prominent regional artists, is open Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 5 p.m.; Friday, noon to 8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is located at 4 North Main Street with parking in front or in the nearby public parking lot. Locate us on the web at pittsfordfineartgallery.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/pittsfordfineart.
