This artist knows what love looks like when no one sees you two

2023 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-26 05:58

The works of the American artist Amanda Oleander literally blew up the Internet with the universality of their plots: perhaps almost every couple in a long-term relationship can recognize themselves in her drawings. "Yes, it's copied directly from me!" - this is the most frequent comment under Amanda's illustrations on her Instagram. The artist skillfully captures such intimate moments that perfectly characterize lovers who have nothing to hide from each other and who completely trust each other.

As Amanda Oleander admits, she mostly takes inspiration for her works from her own life - for three years now she has been living with her boyfriend Joey Rudman. “He's the sweetest guy I've ever met, - admits Amanda. - Before I met Joey, I would never have believed if someone told me that I would have this kind of relationship. just a fairy tale. We just can't get enough of each other."

Considering that Amanda is an extremely prolific artist (for the last 9 months she has been drawing every day, and besides that she has also been working on three large works in parallel), sometimes she also takes plots for her illustrations from the lives of her acquaintances. “I really, really like the way people behave behind closed doors, all these intimate actions that we perform when no one sees us. These are the moments that are usually difficult to describe in words - as soon as they are voiced, people will stop behaving this way. So I decided to just draw them."

Indeed, some moments from life together can be somewhat inconvenient to describe out loud, but when you see in the picture that other people behave in the same way, it becomes funny and warm at the same time. The simple moments when you don't have to pretend or "behave", when you can just relax and enjoy the fact that you have a loved one next to you - that means a lot, not only for Amanda, but, perhaps, for most of us.

The artist who hides behind the initials HJ also creates illustrations of the relationship with his girlfriend, and then his wife. He himself says that it was difficult for him to convey all the feelings that overwhelmed him with words and therefore he drew those situations, who most of all appreciated in his relationship with his beloved.