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Amanda Jane West Art

mountain artist in Klosters, Switzerland

the spirit of place is always my starting point

Winter’s White Waltz
oil on board
50cm x 40cm
framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
#winterscene #graubünden #mountainartist #davosklosters #paintingoftheday #inlovewithswitzerland #prättigau #klosterschöntal #whitechristmas #letitsnow #davosklostersmountains #graubündenkunst #saatchiartist

Winter’s White Waltz
oil on board
50cm x 40cm
framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
#winterscene #graubünden #mountainartist #davosklosters #paintingoftheday #inlovewithswitzerland #prättigau #klosterschöntal #whitechristmas #letitsnow #davosklostersmountains #graubündenkunst #saatchiartist

“SoftSlice of SilentSnowlight”
oil on canvas 80cm x 120cm x 4cm
#saatchiartist #davosklosters #mountainartist #graubünden #winterscene #oiloncanvas #paintingoftheday #coldplay #iaam #saatchiart #saatchiartist #prättigau #davosklostersmountains #alpineartist #chaletinteriors #chaletchic #swisschalet

“SoftSlice of SilentSnowlight”
oil on canvas 80cm x 120cm x 4cm
#saatchiartist #davosklosters #mountainartist #graubünden #winterscene #oiloncanvas #paintingoftheday #coldplay #iaam #saatchiart #saatchiartist #prättigau #davosklostersmountains #alpineartist #chaletinteriors #chaletchic #swisschalet

#wintersunset #mountainmagic #davosklosters #prättigau #inlovewithswitzerland #graubünden

#wintersunset #mountainmagic #davosklosters #prättigau #inlovewithswitzerland #graubünden

#autumninswitzerland #goldengraubunden #inlovewithswitzerland #klosterschöntal #davosklostersmountains #herbstfarben #michaelkiwanuka #floatingparade

#autumninswitzerland #goldengraubunden #inlovewithswitzerland #klosterschöntal #davosklostersmountains #herbstfarben #michaelkiwanuka #floatingparade

“Follow Rivers”
115cm x 65cm
pastel and acrylic on canvas

“Follow Rivers”
115cm x 65cm
pastel and acrylic on canvas

#ontheeaseltoday #firstbrushstrokes #inthestudio #paintingoutside #coloursketch #newcanvas #saatchiartist #summerinswitzerland #alpineartist #graubünden #klosterschöntal #davosklostersmountains

#ontheeaseltoday #firstbrushstrokes #inthestudio #paintingoutside #coloursketch #newcanvas #saatchiartist #summerinswitzerland #alpineartist #graubünden #klosterschöntal #davosklostersmountains

“Serenade to Spring”
50cm x 70cm oil on board framed
on exhibition at the Golf Club Klosters

“Serenade to Spring”
50cm x 70cm oil on board framed
on exhibition at the Golf Club Klosters

The “When We See Us” poster is displayed in prominent places all over Basel. I was curious to know if anyone recognized the jubilant person wearing the Arsenal cap.

“Do you know who the young man holding the birthday cake is?”

“No idea!”

“It’s Steve Biko!….do you know who he is?”

“Never heard of him.”

“Well go check out this incredible exhibition then- and you’ll find out!”

#basel #baselkunstmuseum #baselkunsthaus #whenweseeus #biko #stevebiko #gegenwartskunst #gegenwartbasel #esirierherieneessi #zeitzmocaa

The “When We See Us” poster is displayed in prominent places all over Basel. I was curious to know if anyone recognized the jubilant person wearing the Arsenal cap.

“Do you know who the young man holding the birthday cake is?”

“No idea!”

“It’s Steve Biko!….do you know who he is?”

“Never heard of him.”

“Well go check out this incredible exhibition then- and you’ll find out!”

#basel #baselkunstmuseum #baselkunsthaus #whenweseeus #biko #stevebiko #gegenwartskunst #gegenwartbasel #esirierherieneessi #zeitzmocaa

#summerreading #paragkhanna #futuristic

#summerreading #paragkhanna #futuristic

#freshcanvas #ontheeaseltoday #summerinswitzerland #mountainlife #mountainartist #graubünden #alpineartist #oilpainting #silvrettaglacier #klosterschöntal

#freshcanvas #ontheeaseltoday #summerinswitzerland #mountainlife #mountainartist #graubünden #alpineartist #oilpainting #silvrettaglacier #klosterschöntal

“Symphony to Summer”
70cm x 50cm -acrylic on board
#ifsummerwasasound @goldfishlive #summerinthealps @davosklostersmountains #prättigau #gadäwäg #saatchiartist

“Symphony to Summer”
70cm x 50cm -acrylic on board
#ifsummerwasasound @goldfishlive #summerinthealps @davosklostersmountains #prättigau #gadäwäg #saatchiartist

“Symphony to Summer”
50cm x 70cm
acrylic on board
#swissalpsinsummer #prättigau #gadäwäg #klosterschöntal #davosklostersmountains #paintingoftheday #saatchiartist #graubünden #graubündenkunst #alpineart #mountainart #ineedswitzerland

“Symphony to Summer”
50cm x 70cm
acrylic on board
#swissalpsinsummer #prättigau #gadäwäg #klosterschöntal #davosklostersmountains #paintingoftheday #saatchiartist #graubünden #graubündenkunst #alpineart #mountainart #ineedswitzerland

#ontheeasel #springday #paintingoftheday #springsky #inlovewithswitzerland #mountainartist #graubündenkunst #mountainmeadow

#ontheeasel #springday #paintingoftheday #springsky #inlovewithswitzerland #mountainartist #graubündenkunst #mountainmeadow

Rest in peace Gino Stefanutti.

Gino and Greta’s house in Stirling Crescent, Durban North, was my first design project as a newly graduated architect at Geraghty, Little and McCaffery Architects. Robin Geraghty told me at the time that I would never, in all my career, ever have a client as kind and as generous as Gino. He was absolutely right.

Rest in peace Gino Stefanutti.

Gino and Greta’s house in Stirling Crescent, Durban North, was my first design project as a newly graduated architect at Geraghty, Little and McCaffery Architects. Robin Geraghty told me at the time that I would never, in all my career, ever have a client as kind and as generous as Gino. He was absolutely right.

#myprocess #thisartistslife #oiloncanvas #spiritofplace #geniusloci #mountainartist #davosklostersmountains #inlovewithswitzerland #graubünden #prättigau #klosterschöntal #winterscene #paintingoftheday #saatchiartist #windsorandnewton #graubündenpur #davosklostersmountains #alpineart #davosklosters #

#myprocess #thisartistslife #oiloncanvas #spiritofplace #geniusloci #mountainartist #davosklostersmountains #inlovewithswitzerland #graubünden #prättigau #klosterschöntal #winterscene #paintingoftheday #saatchiartist #windsorandnewton #graubündenpur #davosklostersmountains #alpineart #davosklosters #

A fascinating read to complete the jigsaw puzzle of understanding what really happened during the years leading up to the 1994 South African elections, and how the decisions of this powerful man shaped all our lives.

My childhood home was a stones throw away from “Milkwood” - the Oppenheimer’s holiday villa in La Lucia, and I would often go and sketch the dunes and trees fronting onto Milkwood , sometimes having a peek into the garden via the “secret” beach entrance.

“The Oppenheimer empire was built on cheap black labour. Yet Oppenheimer emerges from this study not as a “malevolent monster” (p.1) but as a personally likeable individual, intensely loyal to his friends. One who was highly cultured and sophisticated, with a deep love of art, literature, old books and antiques for their own sake, rather than for opulent display.”

“This book does not offer a radical re-interpretation of either the Oppenheimers or the Anglo-American empire. But what it does do is to valuably complicate both our understanding of “white monopoly capital” and its relationship to liberalism in South Africa.”

From “Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies”

Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand

A fascinating read to complete the jigsaw puzzle of understanding what really happened during the years leading up to the 1994 South African elections, and how the decisions of this powerful man shaped all our lives.

My childhood home was a stones throw away from “Milkwood” - the Oppenheimer’s holiday villa in La Lucia, and I would often go and sketch the dunes and trees fronting onto Milkwood , sometimes having a peek into the garden via the “secret” beach entrance.

“The Oppenheimer empire was built on cheap black labour. Yet Oppenheimer emerges from this study not as a “malevolent monster” (p.1) but as a personally likeable individual, intensely loyal to his friends. One who was highly cultured and sophisticated, with a deep love of art, literature, old books and antiques for their own sake, rather than for opulent display.”

“This book does not offer a radical re-interpretation of either the Oppenheimers or the Anglo-American empire. But what it does do is to valuably complicate both our understanding of “white monopoly capital” and its relationship to liberalism in South Africa.”

From “Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies”

Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand

“Tumbling into Turquoise”
oil on board framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters @retokradolfer
30cm x 40cm
AVAILABLE for sale @muellerfamilyoffice in Davos

“The mountain in summer had as many moods as there were days and weathers; the dullest rider, as well as his horse, felt these moods to the marrow of his bones. On a fair morning the mountain invited you to get down and roll in its new grass and flowers (your less inhibited horse did just this if you failed to keep a tight rein). Every living thing sang, chirped, and burgeoned. Massive pines and firs, storm-tossed these many months, soaked up the sun in towering dignity. Tassel-eared squirrels, poker-faced but exuding emotion with voice and tail, told you insistently what you already knew full well: that never had there been so rare a day, or so rich a solitude to spend it in. An hour later, thunderheads may have blotted out the sun, while your erstwhile paradise cowered under the impending lash of lightning, rain, and hail. Black gloom hung poised, as over a bomb with the fuse lighted. Your horse jumped at every rolling pebble, every crackling twig. When you turned in the saddle to unlash your slicker, he shied, snorted, and trembled as if you were about to unfurl the scroll of an Apocalypse. When I hear anyone say he does not fear lightning, I still remark inwardly: he has never ridden The Mountain in July. The explosions are fearsome enough, but more so are the smoking slivers of stone that sing past your ear when the bolt crashes into a rimrock. Still more so are the splinters that fly when a bolt explodes a pine. I remember one gleaming white one, 15 feet long, that stabbed deep into the earth at my feet and stood there humming like a tuning fork. It must be poor life that achieves freedom from fear.” (from “Think Like a Mountain (Green Ideas) (English Edition)” by Aldo Leopold)
#ineedswitzerland #graubünden #graubündenkunst #alpineartist #prättigau #mountainscapes #saatchiartist #iloveswitzerland #inlovewithswitzerland

“Tumbling into Turquoise”
oil on board framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters @retokradolfer
30cm x 40cm
AVAILABLE for sale @muellerfamilyoffice in Davos

“The mountain in summer had as many moods as there were days and weathers; the dullest rider, as well as his horse, felt these moods to the marrow of his bones. On a fair morning the mountain invited you to get down and roll in its new grass and flowers (your less inhibited horse did just this if you failed to keep a tight rein). Every living thing sang, chirped, and burgeoned. Massive pines and firs, storm-tossed these many months, soaked up the sun in towering dignity. Tassel-eared squirrels, poker-faced but exuding emotion with voice and tail, told you insistently what you already knew full well: that never had there been so rare a day, or so rich a solitude to spend it in. An hour later, thunderheads may have blotted out the sun, while your erstwhile paradise cowered under the impending lash of lightning, rain, and hail. Black gloom hung poised, as over a bomb with the fuse lighted. Your horse jumped at every rolling pebble, every crackling twig. When you turned in the saddle to unlash your slicker, he shied, snorted, and trembled as if you were about to unfurl the scroll of an Apocalypse. When I hear anyone say he does not fear lightning, I still remark inwardly: he has never ridden The Mountain in July. The explosions are fearsome enough, but more so are the smoking slivers of stone that sing past your ear when the bolt crashes into a rimrock. Still more so are the splinters that fly when a bolt explodes a pine. I remember one gleaming white one, 15 feet long, that stabbed deep into the earth at my feet and stood there humming like a tuning fork. It must be poor life that achieves freedom from fear.” (from “Think Like a Mountain (Green Ideas) (English Edition)” by Aldo Leopold)
#ineedswitzerland #graubünden #graubündenkunst #alpineartist #prättigau #mountainscapes #saatchiartist #iloveswitzerland #inlovewithswitzerland

A “Early Summer Evening”
oil on board 60cm x 40cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
AVAILABLE for sale at Müller Family Office Gallery in Davos

B “Last Light on Monbiel”
acrylic on board 40cm x 60cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
SOLD

C “AutumnAria”
oil on board 30cm x 60cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
AVAILABLE for sale at Müller Family Office Gallery in Davos

D “Blinking in BlissfulBlue”
oil on board 50cm x 40cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
SOLD

E “MidsummerMagic”
oil on board 50cm x 40cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
AVAILABLE for sale at Müller Family Office Gallery in Davos

@muellerfamilyoffice

A “Early Summer Evening”
oil on board 60cm x 40cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
AVAILABLE for sale at Müller Family Office Gallery in Davos

B “Last Light on Monbiel”
acrylic on board 40cm x 60cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
SOLD

C “AutumnAria”
oil on board 30cm x 60cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
AVAILABLE for sale at Müller Family Office Gallery in Davos

D “Blinking in BlissfulBlue”
oil on board 50cm x 40cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
SOLD

E “MidsummerMagic”
oil on board 50cm x 40cm framed in re-used old wood from the barns in Klosters
AVAILABLE for sale at Müller Family Office Gallery in Davos

@muellerfamilyoffice

“Sun-Lit and Snow-Kissed”
oil on canvas triptych -each 60cm x 60cm x 4cm
commission
#oilpaintingcommission #silvrettaglacier #davosklostersmountains #alpineartist #mountainartist #canardhorn #winterscene #klosterschöntal #prättigau #graubündenkunst #saatchiartist #ineedswitzerland #allaboutmountains

“Sun-Lit and Snow-Kissed”
oil on canvas triptych -each 60cm x 60cm x 4cm
commission
#oilpaintingcommission #silvrettaglacier #davosklostersmountains #alpineartist #mountainartist #canardhorn #winterscene #klosterschöntal #prättigau #graubündenkunst #saatchiartist #ineedswitzerland #allaboutmountains

“Last Light on Monbiel”
acrylic on board 40cm x 60cm
February’s setting sun creeps into the Monbiel valley for just a short while and the mountains glow
#monbiel #canardhorn #silvrettaglacier #klosterschöntal #winterevening #prättigau #alpineartist #graubündenkunst #mountainartist #mountainglow

“Last Light on Monbiel”
acrylic on board 40cm x 60cm
February’s setting sun creeps into the Monbiel valley for just a short while and the mountains glow
#monbiel #canardhorn #silvrettaglacier #klosterschöntal #winterevening #prättigau #alpineartist #graubündenkunst #mountainartist #mountainglow

Prof Rodney Harber 1940-2024
a great teacher, wise counsel, brilliant creative, durban legend- rest in peace

Prof Rodney Harber 1940-2024
a great teacher, wise counsel, brilliant creative, durban legend- rest in peace

#mountainsky #winterclouds #passingsnowstorm #mountainlife #gotschnagrat #gotschnaklosters #gotschnablick #gotschna

#mountainsky #winterclouds #passingsnowstorm #mountainlife #gotschnagrat #gotschnaklosters #gotschnablick #gotschna

work in progress- getting to grips with the Canardhorn and all it’s interesting curves..
#wip #saatchiartist #commissionpainting #mountainart #mountainartist #alpineart #graubündenkunst #davosklosters #davosklostersmountains #prättigau #winterinthealps #myswitzerland #ineedswitzerland

work in progress- getting to grips with the Canardhorn and all it’s interesting curves..
#wip #saatchiartist #commissionpainting #mountainart #mountainartist #alpineart #graubündenkunst #davosklosters #davosklostersmountains #prättigau #winterinthealps #myswitzerland #ineedswitzerland

@muellerfamilyoffice #davosklosters #mountainart #alpineartgallery #davos #imaginedragons #thisartistslife

@muellerfamilyoffice #davosklosters #mountainart #alpineartgallery #davos #imaginedragons #thisartistslife

run Frankie run! #neujahrsmarathon2024
-the best gift for 2024 is having him fully recovered!
Forever grateful to Dr Victor E Staartjes and the incredible team at @op.pflege.unispitalzuerich 🙏
@universitaetsspitalzuerich

run Frankie run! #neujahrsmarathon2024
-the best gift for 2024 is having him fully recovered!
Forever grateful to Dr Victor E Staartjes and the incredible team at @op.pflege.unispitalzuerich 🙏
@universitaetsspitalzuerich

“Blinking in BlissfulBlue”
oil on board 50cm x 40cm

a cloudless day in February after days of gloomy grey snowfall
fresh, crisp, blinding light on an icing sugared landscape
@muellerfamilyoffice #davos #paintingoftheday #graubünden #winterscene #alpineart

“Blinking in BlissfulBlue”
oil on board 50cm x 40cm

a cloudless day in February after days of gloomy grey snowfall
fresh, crisp, blinding light on an icing sugared landscape
@muellerfamilyoffice #davos #paintingoftheday #graubünden #winterscene #alpineart

#ontheeaseltoday -first layer of paint on two pieces of a triptych commission #davosklostersmountains #silvrettaglacier #monbiel #paintingoftheday #alpineart #mountainartist

#ontheeaseltoday -first layer of paint on two pieces of a triptych commission #davosklostersmountains #silvrettaglacier #monbiel #paintingoftheday #alpineart #mountainartist

My education this year was reading these incredible books- “Askari” by Jacob Dlamini and “The Plot to Save South Africa” by Justice Malala both haunted me so much I read them each three times, trying to reconstruct my own place and awareness of the events. “Winnie and Nelson” by Jonny Streinberg is a masterfully written and intimate revelation of the relationship between two very brave human beings. Lastly “Four Meditations on Happiness” by Michael Hampe, philosophy Professor at ETH, who writes beautifully about the stuff that matters most.
#theplottosavesouthafrica #justicemalala #askari #jacobdlamini #jonnysteinberg #happinessphilosophy

My education this year was reading these incredible books- “Askari” by Jacob Dlamini and “The Plot to Save South Africa” by Justice Malala both haunted me so much I read them each three times, trying to reconstruct my own place and awareness of the events. “Winnie and Nelson” by Jonny Streinberg is a masterfully written and intimate revelation of the relationship between two very brave human beings. Lastly “Four Meditations on Happiness” by Michael Hampe, philosophy Professor at ETH, who writes beautifully about the stuff that matters most.
#theplottosavesouthafrica #justicemalala #askari #jacobdlamini #jonnysteinberg #happinessphilosophy

wide horizons under an African sky
#kwazulunatal #angelwingclouds #babanangogamereserve #zulurocklodge

wide horizons under an African sky
#kwazulunatal #angelwingclouds #babanangogamereserve #zulurocklodge

first charcoal sketch of a new commission of a winter triptych #ontheeaseltoday #paintingoftheday

first charcoal sketch of a new commission of a winter triptych #ontheeaseltoday #paintingoftheday

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MidsummerMagic

PriceCHF 600.00

Early Summer Evening

PriceCHF 750.00

“AutumnAria”

PriceCHF 750.00

Winter’s White Waltz

PriceCHF 650.00

Charleston SOLD

Last Light on Monbiel SOLD

Serenade to Spring

PriceCHF 800.00

Symphony to Summer

PriceCHF 800.00

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Summer Exhibition in Davos
Promenade 148
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Promenade 148, Promenade 148, 7260 Davos, Switzerland
exhibition at the Müller Family Office in Davos
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