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Western Artist Amanda Willey

Art of the West in oils and watercolors

Amanda Willey is a self taught artist who loves to paint western and wildlife subjects. She grew up working on the family farm, and gained a love for animals and the rural lifestyle. When she was young she could always be found out in the corral with her sketchbook and pencils, drawing the horses. In high school she started painting the horses of some of the local horsemen, and was asked to paint the sign for the local racetrack/arena.

Amanda had the opportunity to live on the Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners area, in Shiprock, New Mexico. The beautiful surroundings were a huge inspiration to paint, and Amanda decided to take her art a little more seriously.

Now Amanda does commissions for some of the funnest organizations, like the Utah Dressage Society and the Bar-T Rodeo Company. In between portrait commissions, she likes to paint wildlife, cowgirls with horses, and desert landscapes (usually with horses in the background).