‘Buy-A-Body’ Series 2024

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Welcome! —

My name is Amanda Johnstone. I am a 24 year old artist based in Los Angeles, California. I am a recent graduate of Kenyon College, with a BA in Studio Art and Art History, and I specialize in painting and digital/graphic design.

My Background

I grew up in Los Angeles, California and graduated from Windward School in 2019. I recently graduated from Kenyon College with a Bachelors Degree in both Art History and Studio Arts.

🎀🩰 a painting for my lovely mother, i love you mama <3 acrylic + oil paint on canvas #pink #pinkart #pinkaesthetic #oil #acrylic #acrylicpainting #oilpainting #art #artist #laartist #ballet #balletcore #coquette #dollette
it’s been over a year now since my ‘Buy-A-Body’ series was publicly displayed in the Gund Gallery, and since then ive fielded a lot of questions over the months. one of the biggest questions is whether id ever sell the series, and t
searching for pink in a sea of blue 🎀🌊🫧
mystic illusion dahlias 🌼✨ an 8x8 acrylic painting commission for my best friend~ #painting #art #pinkart #artist #laartist #acrylic #oil #oilpainting #acrylicpainting #artistsofinstagram #artistsupportartists #pink #flowers #flower #flowerpaintin
recently i was invited for lunch at the @riotgames building by a sweet friend, and it only reignited my passion to work at riot someday as a concept artist. i rushed home to finish this vandal concept for @valorant that i started a while back in hope
“just another monday” 16” x 8”, acrylic on canvas digital collage turned acrylic painting 🎀 im actually planning on selling this one once i re-canvas it, but if ur interested dm me~ #pink #pinkartist #artist #laartist #pink
before i began my ‘buy-a-body’ series, i was playing around with concepts involving modern day beauty standards clashing with renaissance/romanticism beauty standards, and i tried painting the venus struggling with conforming to those imp
mermaid princess peach, finally completed~ instagram unfortunately messed up the cropping but that’s ok!! 🐚🧜🏻‍♀️💞🎀✨ more art on the way~ #princesspeach #peach #art #artist #digitalart #animeart #nintendoart #videogame #gaming #video
i went to universal studios super nintendo world with my bestie recently and it was soooo dreamy ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ #princesspeach #supernintendoworld #universalstudios #blog #blogger #pink #kawaii #nintendo #peach #nintendoswitch
“lost in translation” 23.5” x 40”, acrylic on canvas #art #artistsoninstagram #laartist #painting #feministart #femaleartist #girlartist #pinkart
three minis i made a few years back for my gender and the body class with @charfromcharlotte 🎀🌺 the phone came out so so pretty, but im tempted to redo them and make them into stickers or something~ #pink #pinkart #art #artist #laartist #artistso
before the la fires started, i was able to see some of the prettiest paintings ive ever seen. van gogh’s irises were next level :’) i really hope these fires end soon… #getty #gettycenter #gettymuseum #gardens #museum #artmuseum
2024 was MY year!!! im so beyond blessed and grateful for all the opportunities and support ive had for this year. looking back, i really never thought id make it as far as i have, and i definitely didn’t expect to be this happy in life. i str
“growing up with standards” 6ft x 4ft, acrylic on wood canvas w/ mixed fabrics this painting came before my gallery exhibition series, as it was kind of a test of mixing my digital style with physical painting, and the fabrics are all t
small pink haul pic i took a few weeks b4 christmas (⸝⸝๑ ̫ ๑⸝⸝⸝) ⋅˚₊‧ ୨୧ ♡ { #pink #coquette #coquettelife #pinklifestyle #coquettegirl #pinkart #coquetteart #pinterest #pinterestgirl #girlhood #makeup #dollette #coquetteaesthetic #girl #girly
“floral blanket” surface painting 🌷 13” x 9”, oil on canvas another one of my lovely oil paintings that came out soooo beautiful wahh!! i was super proud of myself for this piece hehe~ this one has also already been sold, s
“satin sheets” surface painting 13” x 9”, oil on canvas 🎀 definitely one of my fave paintings that ive ever made, it came out so so well~ this painting has already been sold to a loving home! 🤗💞 #pink #pinkart #oilpainti
through the window… 🦋🫧🌸 two of my triptych paintings that i’m touching up before I plan on selling them~ they were inspired by one of my fave childhood movies Barbie in the Princess and the Pauper, and also a Pinterest user that mad
Recently, I had the absolute privilege of being commissioned by a strong group of women walking in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk to End Breast Cancer, to create a new logo for their team that was reminiscent of one of their group members that had los
kushara wip ⚜️🩵 {tag} #ゼルダの伝説　#知恵のかりもの #legendofzelda #legendofzeldaechoesofwisdom #echoesofwisdom #loz #totk #botw #zora #anime #art #animeart #kushara #artsy

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My Medium

I specialize in both digital/graphic design and painting, while also studying depictions of the female body. Both my Art History and Studio Arts majors took me down the path of analyzing how the female body has been oversexualized in history and modern day media, and much of my art stems from my own experiences growing up as a female.