AMANDA BRETT WATERCOLOUR ARTIST
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Awards & Prizes

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Some Achievements, Honors &  Awards
2018 1st WNZ "Auckland Viaduct" studio greys
2017 Student Exhibition NZFAI Auckland
Workshop Tutor, Lucca, Italy
April - July, Artist Residency, Lucca, Italy
2016 July, Solo Exhibition, MammaRo, Lucca Italy
July, Workshop Tutor, the Watermill, Italy
2015 April - July, Artist Residency, Lucca, Italy
Solo Exhibition, MammaRo, Lucca Italy
2nd, Royal Easter Show ‘Singer & the Chippendale’
Merit, Royal Easter Show ‘Something Blue’
Finalist, Arts Gold Awards, ‘Singer & the Chippendale’
April - July, Artist Residency, Lucca, Italy
Solo Exhibition, MammaRo, Lucca Italy
Solo Exhibition, Borgo degli Artisti, Bagni di Lucca
First Prize, Art in a Day, ‘The Telephone Box’
Merit, GSAE, ‘Singer & Stripes’
2nd Prize, AWS, ‘Harvest: Cheese & Onions’
1st Prize, GSAE, ‘Sunflowers with Red’
1st Prize, MAC, ‘Drumming Up Business III’
3rd Prize WNZ, ‘Singer & Stripes’

The Singer and the Chippendale

Finalist, Arts Gold Award 2015

keep your fingers crossed for me!! Prize-giving 16th October, Alexandra, New Zealand

The Singer and the Chippendale and some detail pics for your viewing pleasure!!
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Inspired by the striped coffee mug that doesn't exist!! 
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​​I'd been painting Mannequin pincushions with imaginary fabrics in other paintings in this series but I'd seen a painting created by a friend, a male nude with his jeans button undone, so I created my own version for this painting!! lol!! he's a bit like a voodoo doll but then I thought some people would have a crazy sense of humour like me too - lol!!
© 2015 copyright Amanda Brett artist, all rights reserved.
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Antique brass pincushion!!
© 2015 copyright Amanda Brett artist, all rights reserved.
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wooden bobbins and cotton reels, all shapes and sizes, wonky and crooked, inspired by puppy-chewed bobbins of yester-year!! :)
© 2015 copyright Amanda Brett artist, all rights reserved.

The Telephone Box
Parnell Auckland New Zealand

1st prize
Art in a Day

TSB Parnell Trust
Amanda Brett Artist gift to TSB Art in a Day, 1st prize
Amanda presenting 'The Telephone Box" to sponsor TSB Bank, Diane Stark
Amanda Brett artist, gift
Amanda Brett artist, gifting "Pia" to Sponsor Parnel Inc CEO Lyn
Amanda Brett artist, Singer & Stripes
Amanda Brett artist, harvest cheese and onions
Singer & Stripes

Merit
Great Summer Art Exhibition 2014










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Harvest: Cheese & Onions

2nd prize 
Auckland Watercolour Society
Annual Merit Awards 2014
Amanda Brett, artist, Drumming Up Business III
Drumming Up Business III

1st Prize Watercolour
Mairangi Arts Centre
July 2014

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Amanda Brett, artist, Singer & Stripes
Singer & Stripes

3rd Prize, June 2014
Watercolour New Zealand
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Sunflowers with Red

1st Prize
Professional Artist Category
Great Summer Art Exhibition, 2014

SOLD

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Tools of the Trade

1st Prize
Member's Exhibition
Auckland Watercolour Society, 2013

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Sukhumvit Stripes

2nd Prize
Watercolour New Zealand, 2013

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Baggy Pants Party

Merit
Auckland Watercolour Society, 2012

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Fred

1st Prize, Watercolour
Member's Exhibition 2010
Mairangi Arts Centre

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Morning After the Night Before

2nd Prize, Watercolour
Member's Exhibition 2010
Howick Art Group


What other people have said about my art

"You make the ordinary extra ordinary, remarkable and engaging." Rosemary

"I love the mysterious negatives and all the squiggly digglies!" Anita

"You really capture the luminosity and the essence of how a watercolour should be painted!" Merv

"The joy in your work is inspiring. You suggest rather than describe, and I feel the warmth of your personality in how the strokes are applied and the sense of wonderment. Thanks for sharing!" Richard F

Amanda Brett - Watercolour Artist

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Quality Guarantee: All my watercolours are painted with only modern professional grade watercolour paints on Museum exhibition grade watercolour papers, they are extremely lightfast and will become a family heirloom and passed down to subsequent generations. ALL art of ANY medium should be hung away from direct sunlight. If​properly cared for, watercolour paintings will last as long, if not longer, than oil paintings. I only paint on 100% cotton rag paper, mostly Arches and Fabriano, and frame to conservation standard with acid free materials.
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