Amie LeGette
Santa Fe, NM
Penny
dye on heritage strain silk
27.125" x 23.125" framed
2023
$1600
About
Amie LeGette was born in 1985 and grew up in Northern California. She has shown nationally at Michael Strogoff in Marfa, TX, Littman in Portland, OR, Richard Levy Gallery, and the Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, NM, among others. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Southwest Contemporary, Pasatiempo in the Santa Fe New Mexican, and Travel Portland. LeGette received her MFA from the University of NM in 2021 and her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. The artist currently lives and works in Santa Fe, NM.
Artist Statement
My paintings stem from a reflection of nature, especially through experiences felt with the gradients of the sky. Living in the high desert, I often think of water and my use of water as the main facilitator of pigment in my paintings. However I see the element of air most prominently in the work; the history of water is there but in its evaporated state. I do see the work as being reminiscent of waterways. There is an echoing and mirroring of the gradients that relate to the light reflected and refracted in water. I begin the work with photographs I have taken, and digitally cut and layer them to create an abstracted drawing. I then paint this image, often as many as fifteen times, on translucent silk. The final composition comes from physically layering them. The shapes and forms are pulled from visual interpretations of energies and movements: connecting, emanating, absorbing, and flowing.
