Amity Evans

This work came out of a period where I felt really stuck. Making art felt overwhelming, and I struggled to find motivation or direction. The only thing that stayed consistent during that time was my dog. Walking her gave me a reason to leave the house and brought a sense of routine back into my days. 

Being outside with her helped take the pressure off. Instead of overthinking, I started noticing things more instinctively such as her movement, her energy, and the patterns in her fur. Rather than trying to represent her directly, I responded to these observations through abstraction, breaking them down into simplified shapes, contrasts, and repeated forms. 

This work isn’t really about depicting my dog, but about what she gave me during that time. She gave me stability, comfort, and a quiet push forward. Using abstraction it let me process both her presence and my own headspace, turning something personal into a visual language built around movement, repetition, and slowly finding my way through it.