Amy Stapleton is an emerging artist who draws inspiration from the natural environment to create contemporary, mixed media landscapes.

She regularly explores and sketches the waterways and bushland of the regions surrounding her home on the outskirts of Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia.  These sketches are instrumental components of Amy’s art practice and serve as the foundation for the larger artworks created in her home studio.

Amy is appreciative of the uncomplicated yet dynamic and striking nature of charcoal, applying a variety of methods to create soft atmospheric layers or expressive marks adding depth and dimension to her work to evoke calmness or energy.

Whilst her materials are traditional, she is influenced and inspired by her background in photography and graphic design, incorporating the use of block colour, negative space, and simplicity to create a modern feel.