Artists Of Texas Contemporary Paintings and Art

The Dauntless and The Demure © 2015 Amy Hillenbrand 30 x 24 oil on canvas $1400.00 What do you see when you look at this painting? I see two actors on a stage (they just happen to be flowers) who just finished their performance. The spotlight is on them and it is time to take their bows. The taller actor is very dauntless, bold and confident. He has no problem taking in all the adoration and applause. Now the smaller actress is somewhat shy and demure. She has a hard time taking in all the attention. See her head bowed; allowing her eyes to divert your glance. Notice her bent arms. Can’t you just read her body language? It’s as if she saying “oh stop, stop, this is way too much attention” To purchase this painting or see more colorful flower paintings please go visit my website. Here is the link: Amy Hillenbrand Fine Art Website

"The Frolicking Lily Ballet’" © 2014 Amy Hillenbrand 24 x 30 oil on canvas $1400.00 When it was time to name my piece,  I saw playful Ballerinas; all very much alive and bouncy, which in turn made me think of the word Frolicking.   As I look at this happy flower painting I see dancers. Note the dancer laying across the others diagonally (like they do in the old 30's and 40's Holly wood musicals.) Anyway a little wacky, but that is what I see in my strange yet colorful imagination.  Let the Ballet begin! To see more colorful flower paintings please go check out my website. Here is the link:  Amy Hillenbrand Fine Art website.  

Royal Pumps © 2011 Amy Hillenbrand 14 x 11 oil on canvas $325.00 + shipping  What is it with women and their shoes? We know how Carrie Bradshaw felt about her love affair with shoes, and I quote: “The fact is, sometimes it’s really hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun.”  Carrie Bradshaw-Sex in the City But did you know that Marie Antoinette had a special relationship with her shoes? Yep, even while France was being torn apart by the revolution, Marie cherished her shoes. It has been reported that Marie Antoinette took special care to keep her beautiful shoes clean for 75 days while being locked in a dark, dank, dirty, 17th century prison waiting her turn at the guillotine. She wore those same shoes the day she died. I wonder, did those shoes help her keep her dignity as she walked to her death? http://amyhillenbrand.blogspot.com www.am...

  Always in Vogue © 2010 Amy Hillenbrand 16 x 20 oil on canvas I love watching the old black and white movies from the 30's and 40's. There is nothing better to do on a rainy day than curl up with a blankie, turn on the movie channel and take in an oldie. I love the glamorous  clothes and shoes and the happy endings. These shoes remind me of those days and  these wonderful shoes are actually mine this time.  I feel like a million bucks when I wear them, but it's just not everyday I'm sporting 5" heels. (Yeah, no, I don't wear them to paint in) They remind me of the old glamor days of Hollywood, so to get just a little more use out of them I thought they could pose with this wonderful book of portraits by the famous photographer Horst Paul Albert Bohrmann . I hope Horst would approve.