Amanda Laing is an artist and designer from Brisbane interested in the human experience of colour and pattern. Inspired by the visual language of the natural world she explores how elements such as colour, line and repetition can be arranged together to hold narrative and express emotion. With a biophilic approach her work explores the human experience of nature through our visual memory and how this can easily evoke emotion. Working with mediums including paint, drawing, textiles and using re-purposed materials are of current interest in her practice. Laing places weight not only on the human experience of viewing art, but also the process of experimenting with mixed media to allow for serendipitous discovery. She believes in art making as a powerful form of personal expression in particular for developing children and people of neurodiversity. Of Dutch heritage, Laing has a Bachelor of Built Environment and Bachelor of Education Secondary Art and has completed a Graduate Certificate in visual arts at QCA.

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