About
Amy Buchanan is an artist, marketing director, and digital media (video, photo, web, graphic design) developer. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California. At CSUCI she studied studio art, digital media art and social entrepreneurship. While enrolled at CSUCI she also studied Fine Art in the summer of 2008 at the Paris American Academy in Paris France. In 2009 she graduated Magna Cum Laude from CSUCI with her Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art and Certificate in Digital Media Art. In May of 2014 Amy graduated from Women’s Economic Ventures Self Employment Training Program.
Some of Amy’s clients include Mad Fitness Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Interiors, Santa Barbara Window Fashions, Santa Barbara Cabinet Company, Scandinavian Capital Markets, SMARTfit Inc., A Blonde and Her Bag Jewelry, Divine Species, Academic Innovations, Karen Hazarian Jewelry, Yardi, Andrew Fels Productions, 805 Buddha Bliss, Playboy TV and Factory Films. Amy is also an artist collaborator with Start Project, a collective of progressive artists who specialize in building environments that promote creativity through a diverse array of interactive and expressive mediums. She has worked with Start Project to build art installations and stages for Lucidity Festival, Shabang SLO, UCSB Extravaganza and events at Eos Lounge in Santa Barbara.
When she is not working on business and community projects Amy enjoys playing guitar and piano, mixing and producing music, traveling, and spending time outdoors hiking, snow boarding, wake boarding, surfing and riding dirt bikes.
Artist Statement
Art is my way of expressing who I am and how I see the world. Being creative allows me to use my imagination and discover a new way of looking at things. My main goal as an artist is to have fun and be experimental. I find that creating art is my way of connecting with my higher self and with those around me.
My process as an artist begins with looking around for inspiration. I find a lot of inspiration in nature, museums and the people around me. I am very inspired while traveling and in cities and urban areas. I enjoy using a variety of mediums in my pieces. When I’m painting I prefer to work with oil paint because it is so smooth and bendable. I really enjoy using bold and vibrant colors in most of my pieces.
One of my favorite parts of my artistic process is building my own canvases. When I’m creating a mixed media piece I enjoy combining my photographs, drawings, painting, and found objects.
