About

“A lot of paint and a little OCD go a long way”

I’m a self taught artist inspired by color, henna tattoos, Moroccan Zillij tile work, mandalas, and patterns of all kinds. I specialize in detailed mandala/kaleidoscopic images. Although I’ve been doodling, crafting, and dabbling in art since I could first hold a crayon, I didn’t start to show my work publicly until I applied to paint, of all things, a giant 4 foot tall fiberglass pig as part of Hanover, New Hampshire’s 250th Anniversary celebration. I parlayed the momentum, recognition, and praise from that piece into confidence to try and show my other pieces. The rest, as they say, is history.

Exhibits

Upcoming – Solo Gallery Show, Northern Stage Lobby Gallery, White River Junction, VT, April – May 2019
Solo Gallery Show, Center for the Arts Lake Sunapee Region, Whipple Micro-Gallery, New London, NH, August – October 2017
Mandalascopes and Faux-zaics, Howe Library, Hanover, NH, October – November 2016
Alumni Artist Show, New London Hospital, New London, NH, May – August 2015
Group Exhibit/Solo Gallery Space: Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital, Lebanon, NH, January – March 2014
Group Exhibit/Solo Gallery Space: New London Hospital, New London, NH, September – December 2013
Juried Exhibit: My painting Up In the Air, was in the 20th Annual Juried Summer Exhibition, AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH, July 2013
Mosaics, Mandalas and Mehndi, Howe Library, Hanover, NH, February 2013
When Worlds Kaleidoscope, Converse Free Library Lyme, NH, May – July 2012
When Worlds Kaleidoscope, UNH Graduate Center Art Exhibit, February – April 2012

Residency Programs

BRECKCreate guest artist program at The Tin Shop, Breckenridge Colorado. Two week residency and workshop program, Nov 27 – Dec 9, 2017. Artist-In-Residence: Amy Fortier

Special Projects

Musical Medina, painted piano project for The Hopkins Center 50th Anniversary, July 2012. Fifty pianos were painted and displayed throughout the Upper Valley of VT and NH
Rosie the Pig, for Hanover, NH’s 250th Anniversary, May 2011. Twenty fiberglass pigs and wolves were created to benefit the Parks and Recreation Department.

Articles/Interviews

Meet the Local Artist : Amy Fortier (DailyUV.com)