Amy Mahnick’s plastic bottle portraits
These skillfully and lovingly painted still-lifes and portraits of cast off plastic bottles and packaging materials have been transformed into porcelain-like figurines by artist Amy Mahnick.
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hendrik dijk said | 17 February, 2010
Hi Amy,
Your work has become a clear window to an enigmatic and intrigeuing world. If you are like me, you paint what you feel like painting and leave interpretations uop to others. At some point I hope to see your work itself. Let me know when you are going to be in a show in the vicinity of the City or Hudson Valley.
Congratulations
Henk