Amy Dury
Hove, United Kingdom
Amy Dury, born in 1971 in London, and currently living in Hove. Amy studied BA Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art (1993–97) and an MA in Fine Art at University of Brighton (2000–02).
As a painter, Amy extracts figures from photographs from the pre-digital age as a starting point; drawn to images that related to peoples’ roles in society, the hierarchies and dynamics of power.
Amy paints with a strong idea of colour to begin, using both oil and acrylic paint, alongside charcoal and pencil drawings. Her background as a printmaker informs her use of layers and structure, yet she allows the process to move and evolve the work as it is constructed. Loose and textured painterly marks exist alongside more precise detail.
Recent notable events include Amy’s artwork, Rae, being selected for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual exhibition 2023 at the Mall Galleries, London.
