Artists

Artists

Amaranth Ehrenhalt


Some are born with a silver spoon in their mouth; I arrived with a paintbrush in     my hand and have painted steadily since the age of four. My work is abstract   expressionist. “Radiating energy” is often used to describe my art. I try to create that which does not sleep, but rather looks like it is constantly in motion: dancing, vibrating, gyrating, shimmering, stretching, jumping. My paintings often follow in series. There is a persistent idea that keeps me frustrated until I paint it.  Then the theme begins to change and suggests to me new concepts for another series.  In so much as they fulfill my expectations, my painting attempts to stimulate the viewer: to excite, to relax, to entice, to seduce. Like a favorite piece of music, art enriches one’s life.        

Fine artist Amaranth Ehrenhalt first came to Paris after studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Barnes Foundation in Merion Station, PA. Although she now travels back and forth between Paris and the US several times a year, Amaranth's permanent workshop is situated in Bagneux, a quiet suburb of Paris.

Amaranth's style falls into the category of "abstract expressionism" along with other American artists in Paris such as James Bishy and the late Sam Francis. She is now well known in France. In fact, the city of Bagneux, where her studio is located, commissioned her to create a mural that covers 12 walls and has a surface of 1350 square feet.