Amanda Lee Buhler is a Hudson Valley artist and an art educator in the Arlington Central School District in New York. She earned her Masters degree in Art Education at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, where she also obtained two undergraduate degrees in art. In 2011, she achieved her National Board Certification for Art, Early Childhood.  

                    All images copyright of Amanda Lee Buhler.

                    All images copyright of Amanda Lee Buhler.

As an artist, Amanda Lee Buhler creates drawings and paintings that emphasize the natural forms and structures that inspire wonder and whimsy. The stories that connect the pieces may follow the lines of the organic and microscopic, the architectonic forms of the bee, a musical landscape, movement and balance, or the peace reached in sleep.  Her work encourages a moment for inner exploration that connects to our shared experiences in our environment. Much like breathing, she hopes that her work offers a space for both giving and receiving.

 

 

 

 

exhibitions

  • February 2014   solo exhibition "sublimation II," newburgh brewery, newburgh, ny
  • Oct- Dec 2013   solo exhibition "sublimation," gallery 45, mill street loft, poughkeepsie, ny
  • October 2013    group exhibition, "great swamp art show," pawling, ny
  • Dec 2012           juried group exhibition, teacher & student show, barrett art center, poughkeepsie, ny
  • May-June 2012  group exhibition, "arts fur all," mill street loft, poughkeepsie, ny
  • January 2012     group exhibition, "the big draw," beacon open studios, beacon ny 
  • Sept- Oct 2011   group exhibition, "faculty show," hudson river center, long dock beacon, ny
  • July 2011           juried group exhibition, "while the kids are away...." millbrook library, millbrook, ny

sublimation series: Three years in the making, this body of work expresses a prolific exploration of the scyphozoan (jellyfish) form in a variety of drawings, paintings and prints. In the tradition of Hudson River school artists, the work exposes the sublime in nature and the notion of rebirth. The tangled, threadlike contours are woven symmetrically, responding to the fossil-like remains of what came before. Transitioning from one state to another, each piece reveals an opportunity to connect with a subconscious sense of origin.