About Aim Straley Art

I’m Amy, a self taught contemporary oil painter. I spent 20 years as a ballet dancer and as time went on I moved away from the arts for a career in women's retail and merchandising. After 2020, I chose to step away from the grind of retail life and fell back into the creative space I had been craving for so long. My work is inspired by the many incredible women I have connected with throughout my life. You'll see a play of delicacy and strength, ethereal femininity, and resilient power. A nod to the seasons are often reflected in my work. A representation of our seasonal growth and shifts throughout the seasons of life. As women, we travel through many stages of life while still being expected to carry on in silent strength. In my figures you'll see confidence, joy, sadness, and sarcasm. An expression paused to reflect on. As if they're allowing you into their thoughts for a moment in time before returning to the expectations of the world. The landscapes and backgrounds I often incorporate into my artwork give the figures a dreamlike place to exist in. They’re usually unrealistic places, a figment of my imagination. Colorful, surreal dreamlands, subliminally connecting feminine power to nature and the seasons of the earth. An environment of colorful mountains, deep oceans, and endless skies. When you take a moment to pause, I know you will see yourself or or a familiarity behind the expression in my work.Read their story