Amanda Arruda
Still I Pray to Things I Cannot See
Oil on canvas
48'' x 60''
Website: amandaarrudaart.com
Instagram: @_mandaarruda
About | Amanda Arruda earned her BFA in Painting at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her work explores the relationship between figures and the spaces they occupy, specifically focusing on themes of interior and interior experiences, and of moments of introspective thought.
In an overwhelmingly uncertain world, the walls we build around ourselves have become havens. They stretch down pathless hallways, quietly perceptive to the passing of time. A quiet room has the uncanny ability to allow one to curl into themselves; to enter a world of thought and self-reflection. Our inner experiences are rich, but, like a room with a closed door, our thoughts and reveries are naturally internalized.
Windows are visual and metaphorical thresholds, allowing the external world to shine through, illuminating even the deepest corners of an interior space. From a sheltered vantage point, the inner being can peer out into a surrounding expanse. It is here that the innermost being is faced with the infinite nature of space, and of the finite nature of itself; of the relentless passage of time, and of the overwhelmingly expansive world that exists within and beyond ourselves.