Artist: Amanda King Harmon | Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Artist: Amanda King Harmon | Location: Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg, SC
My name is Amanda Harmon. I was born with a creative spirit inside me and blessed with a loving and creative family surrounding me. I’ve spent the entire first portion of my life peeking into the “art world” alongside the outskirts. My creativity had been limited to the doodling I had always done in notebooks, and later along email and memo margins until two years ago.
Since being given the opportunity to see if I could “make it” in the art world, I’ve spent two years trying to develop a style and improve upon it with each piece. Much like my earlier doodling, my current artwork is developed using a method I’ve jokingly referred to as “stream of consciousness art.” I have the freedom of not having a finished product all worked out in my head when I begin something and can allow the piece to evolve as it goes. With no formal art training, it is my belief that the first thing art should do for anyone is prompt intrigue and then, hopefully, joy. I take great pride in turning a common item into a thing of beauty and reconnecting that item with a memory in someone’s soul. I feel blessed to be able to see beyond the surface and prove that there is extraordinary beauty encased if something has ever been loved. I feel honored to be able to bring out the hidden beauty in some of the world’s most common items. The idea of creating a piece of art out of an item that’s typically overlooked as a thing of “beauty” is the greatest challenge of all.