Amanda Bittner (previously Hawkins)

@mandabittner_studio

Everybody steps on ants 🐜 Everybody eats the plants 🌱
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UNFURLING OPENS TONIGHT! Showcasing 25 of my most recent gouache explorations, including these two created during my Jan residency at @millayarts ! When: Friday 4/3, 5-7pm Where: Whale Rock Studo, 127 Lexington Ave, Gloucester Hope to see you there! #contemporaryart #abstractlandscapepainting #contemorarypainting #bostonartist #pleinairpainting
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1 month ago
Plein air painting from last August through eerie wildfire smoke. I tried to capture the orange haze of the colors as I saw them on this Virginia Creeper. šŸŒ€ This painting and 24 more are on view at @whalerockartstudio ! Join me at the opening THIS Friday, 4/3, 5-7pm! #contemporaryart #abstractlandscapepainting #pleinair #bostonartist #landscapepainter
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I love gouache. The flatness, the fast dry time, the permanence. It forces me to be decisive and risky simultaneously. It’s like drawing with paint. I made the switch to gouache last year, but in earnest last fall. I developed a terrible smell aversion to oil paint when I got pregnant and pivoted. Painting with gouache large scale is possibly the hardest and most expensive thing ever, but I love the outcome. šŸ™ƒ I’ve found I prefer to make paintings with an organic edge and white border. I crop the paper to the size of the frame and use any extra space to test colors. My gouache works are up at @bromfieldgallery until Sunday (closing reception Sunday 3/29 2-5), then others will be up at @whalerockartstudio for the month of April (reception Friday 4/3 5-7pm).
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I framed up Cosmos today for my upcoming show at @whalerockartstudio in Gloucester, MA! I’ll be showing ~25 pieces from the last 2 years. Opening reception is Friday April 3rd, 5-7pm! Come see my paintings and big pregnant belly before I take the rest of the year off to be a momma! šŸ¤°šŸ»ā™„ļø #fineart #abstractlandscape #landscapepainting #bostonartist #abstraction
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1 month ago
It’s hard to believe my show at @bromfieldgallery is already halfway through! There will be a closing reception on 3/29 2-5pm. Then I’m off to @whalerockartstudio for another solo show!!! Opening reception is Friday 4/3 5-7pm. Come by if you can! It’ll be my largest show to date. #fineart #abstractlandscape #newenglandartist #abstraction #landscapepainting
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2 months ago
Thanks to all who came out to Uneven Ground at @bromfieldgallery last night! I was too busy enjoying the present moment to take pictures, but managed to snap this one before the end of the night — Yes, there’s a baby in that belly!!!!! šŸ‘¶šŸ»Life has never been more precious and beautiful and exciting than this very moment. šŸ˜­šŸ˜šŸ„¹šŸ„°šŸ˜ It is an honor to show alongside @barbaraburgessmaier and @pamkainzart - they both brought an energy to the gallery that will foster reflection and slow looking this entire month of March. #abstractlandscape #landscapepainting #fineart #bostonart #bromfieldgallery
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I am thrilled to share my most recent work in solo exhibition Uneven Ground at @bromfieldgallery opening this Friday! Hope to see you at the opening! #fineart #artgallery #contemporarylandscape #bostonartist #contemporarypainting
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2 months ago
As a plein air painter, I notice the thin line between being a witness to the landscape and being an intruder. My recent work grapples with that boundary by translating plein air compositions of trail boundaries - the rocks that line the trail, separating human and nature - into gestural abstractions. Newsletter is landing in inboxes tomorrow morning - subscribe on my website. #AbstractLandscape #ContemporaryLandscape #NewEnglandArtist #ContemporaryPainting #FineArt
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3 months ago
I arrived at Millay Arts with no plans—only 25 sheets of paper and a liter of white gouache. For 14 days, I painted from sun-up to sundown, guided by a simple intention: Do what feels good. And take a risk. Some of these pieces will be debuting soon in my solo show, ā€œUneven Groundā€ opening at @bromfieldgallery on March 4th. 2 days until my newsletter ā€œBetween Rock and Rootā€ goes out - Subscribe via my website for all details around upcoming exhibitions and workshops! #AbstractLandscape #ContemporaryLandscape #NewEnglandArtist #ContemporaryPainting #LandscapeAbstraction
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3 months ago
This workshop is not to be missed!! Amanda is an amazing artist and seasoned educator…come learn about color, composition, and how turn landscape photos into your own unique works of art. Register asap at šŸ‹
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3 months ago
Thinking about my time at @millayarts and painting for 8 hours a day and watching the blue jays out my window and using $10000 dollars of white gouache ā™„ļø I have two upcoming solo shows! ā€œUneven Groundā€ Bromfield Gallery, Boston Mar 4 - 29, 2026 ā€œUnfurlingā€ Whale Rock Studio, Rockport, Ma April 3 - 29, 2026 Oh! And I have a piece in ā€œLineworkā€ in @newburyportart the month of February! #painting #landscapepainting #abstractlandscape #abstractart #bostonart
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3 months ago
Love a gnarly old Eastern White Pine 🌲 I used a plein air drawing from the spring as reference for this colorful little number. The painting was completed the very last night of my residency at @millayarts ! Next stop: @bromfieldgallery ! My exhibition ā€œRock & Rootā€ opens March 4th! I’ll be at the opening on first Friday, March 6th! #painting #landscapepainting #abstractlandscape #abstractart #bostonart
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