Amantha Tsaros’s paintings are a reaction to the current culture of extreme bullying and persistent vitriol. Amantha aims to trample darkness with love, joy, and optimism. Each painting is a celebration, a mixture of colors and shapes that express happiness or resilience. Her palette is reminiscent of a favorite childhood candy store stocked with candy buttons, sweet and sour hearts, candied almonds and licorice. The bold colors of jelly beans and the bright lollipop greens and oranges express a lighthearted, hopeful challenge to the dark blacks and grays.
Amantha Tsaros is a native of Massachusetts. She earned a BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. Her influences include Corita Kent, Florine Stettheimer and NECCO. Recent exhibits include Excessive Exuberanc at the Munroe Center for the Arts and Seething Optimism at Jerome Street Studios. She works out of her Medford studio and is a member of the Cambridge Art Association. See Amantha's work on her website at www.amanthatsaros.com. Subscribe to her site to receive free downloadable prints and other uplifting messages from her studio. |
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