View fullsize Who is this young woman painted 70 years ago by Audrey Amiss? Read about this and other mysteries in the latest post. 👇 Read the full post at link in bio. Tap the link in our bio (intensecolours.substack.com) or visit audreyamiss.com to explore the
View fullsize "In the hands of Wellcome’s specialists, eighty boxes of Audrey’s diligently accumulated records of life and art have been protected and converted into a searchable archive." 👇 Read the full post at link in bio. Tap the link i
View fullsize "We dived into our family’s past through the wartime accounts of Arthur Amiss, our maternal grandfather, [...] we knew him only from a few photos, but now we have his words and Audrey’s sketches." 👇 Read the full post at link i
View fullsize Painted by Audrey Amiss, it is no longer a paddling pool, but its contours are nevertheless clear 70 years later on Sunderland's sea-front. 👇 Read the full post at link in bio. Tap the link in our bio (intensecolours.substack.com) or visit audreyam
View fullsize Audrey Amiss's Sunderland show is open! "Everything you will see in the exhibition today; everything which is on display at Wellcome in London; everything that was contained in 80 boxes and is now catalogued at Wellcome, was all stuffed into on
View fullsize Even as a schoolgirl in Sunderland, Audrey Amiss drew and painted her world. She continued the practice until the end of her life. NEW BLOGPOST: "She noted every place she went; what she bought and ate; whatever she saw: the minutiae of a day w
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View fullsize "A few lines, a colourful scribble a watery daub, are all it takes to tell me whether I am looking at a man or a woman; whether they are sitting, standing or lying; how their limbs are placed. They are solid and alive. Sometimes they seem to be
View fullsize Audrey Amiss grew up painting her hometown of Sunderland then left to study at the RA in London... 👇 Read the full post: AWAY: Part 2 of Audrey Amiss and Sunderland. Tap the link in our bio (intensecolours.substack.com) or visit audreyamiss.com t
View fullsize 'Dorothy' (1950s) Audrey often painted her sister and her mother. #portraitart #sunderlandart #londonart #royalacademy "As I look at the many portraits Audrey made, I note that they invariably have an introspective air, the subject looking aw