Amy Roy – Artist’s Brief Bio

     Amy is a 1984 graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Although her degree is in Interior Design, her real passion lies in painting with oils on canvas. Mrs. Phyllis Pierce, her high school art instructor, introduced Amy to this medium. Her education flourished during her teenage years, continued sporadically through college, and culminated after graduation with painting classes at Cincinnati’s Art Academy under the tutelage of Mr. Joseph Peter, a former Cincinnati Art Club President.  Amy’s years of commissioned work had consisted of animal and human portraits, landscapes and architectural compositions in the style of photorealism.  Four years ago, Amy experienced a turning point. 
     Since she holds Northern Michigan and its entire pristine, natural beauty near to her heart, her portfolio now features wildlife.  The opportunity to observe in proximate view and to photograph a pair of richly preened Greater Sandhill Cranes, a species of bird she hadn’t known nor seen, awakened an awareness and fascination for birds.
    Amy has been honored with 2 awards for her painting, “The Adoptive Parent”, one in 2009 Cincinnati Art Club’s National Juried “Viewpoint” Exhibit, and the other, a major award in 2010 Kentucky National Wildlife Exhibition, Henderson, KY.  The executive director of the Ohio Valley Art League, co-sponsor of Kentucky National Wildlife Exhibition honored Amy with an invitation to join 9 other nationally known wildlife artists to participate in a “200 years of Audubon” celebration in 2010.  

     Professionally, she has joined The Cincinnati Art Club and Oil Painters of America for the purpose of showing her work.  She has exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Club’s Signature Members Shows during the past two years, and her work has been selected for the Club’s “Viewpoint” Exhibit three years in a row.

     Amy’s portfolio does include wildlife other than birds. “Caprine Majesty”, a Mt. Evans, Colorado Rocky Mountain goat has been selected for Oil Painters of America 21^st Annual National Exhibition 2012.

Affiliations:

Cincinnati Art Club, Signature Member

Oil Painters of America, Associate Member

Adopt-a-Bird, Center for Birds of Prey, Maitland, FL, Parent Member

Ohio Valley Art League, Member

National Audubon Society, Member