Amy Conover
Amy's paintings draw on her experience in the New England countryside, and her experience as a clothing designer in New York in the 1970s and early 1980s.
A fine arts graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Amy Conover is an active Connecticut and Maine painter. A 35-year resident of Simsbury, CT and a summer resident of Camden, Maine, her paintings have been informed by the extraordinary landscapes, structures, gardens and light of New England. Her figurative painting explores the human form and the interaction of figures in both outdoor working, and highly stylized environments.
In 2019, Amy became an elected member to both the Connecticut Women Artists (CWA) and to The Gallery on the Green in Canton, Connecticut. She currently serves on Connecticut Women Artist Council.
She has shown in juried and non-juried shows in Maine and Connecticut, and received awards at the WHAL juried members’ shows. One of her works was published in "The Golden Thread Project", a collection of works selected to be shown at the Golden Thread Gallery over its five year history.
A member of the West Hartford Art League for over ten years, Amy has studied with Shira Avedore, Shauna Shane, Jerry Weiss, Ilona Levitz, Bill Simpson, and Paul Batch. She paints with the Back Room Collective and with a group of fellow painters in Stonington, Maine each summer.
Education
Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, 1978
RISD post-graduateTextron Fellowhip, Paris and Rome 1978
Juried Exhibitions
2024 Connecticut Women Artists Council Show, UCONN
Jorganson Performing Arts Center
CWA Annual Members Juried Exhibition
Hill-Stead Museum First Annual Members Juried Exhibition
CT+6 Juried Exhibition at West Hartford Art League
2023 Connecticut Women Artists Council Show, UCONN
Jorganson Performing Arts Center
Collage 2023 at West Hartford Art League, Juror: Anthony Zito
Connecticut Women Artisits Members Annual Juried Show,
Juror: Anna Swinbourne, Director & CEO Hill-Stead Museum
West Hartford Art League Annual Members Juried Show,
Juror: Peter Seltzer, Painter
55th Annual Open Juried Exhibiion, Gallery on the Green,
Canton, Ct. Juror Robert Calafiore
Solo Exibition, Town and County Club, Hartford, CT November 2023-
January 2024
2022 Best in Show, 54th Annual Open Juried Exhibiion, Gallery on the Green,
Canton, Ct. Juror Brett Abbot, Director, New Brittain Museum of American Art
Connecticut Women Artitists Annual Juried Exhibition
New Britain Museum of American Art, Nor'Easter, Annual Juried
Member's Exhibition
2021 Connecticut Women Artists Annual Juried Exibition
5 Points Gallery Annual Exhibition
Gallery on the Green, Open Juried Exhibition
2020 New Britain Museum of American Art, Nor'Easter, 50th Annual Juried
Member's Exhibition
5 Points Gallery Small Works Exhibition
CWA Annual Juried Show
2019 West Hartford Art League member's show
Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT, 52nd members juried show
Granby Land Trust, Lost Acres Gallery
2018 Granby Land Trust, Lost Acres Gallery
West Hartford Art League member's show
2017 West Hartford Art League invitational 8x8 show
Granby Land Trust, Lost Acres Gallery
West Hartford Art League member's show
2016 Golden Thread Gallery West Hartford
West Hartford Art League member’s show, honorable mention
Granby Land Trust, Lost Acres Gallery
2015 West Hartford Art League member's show, Polly Weatherbee Award
2014 West Hartford Art League, 80 years/80 days of art, by invitation
Granby Land Trust, Lost Acres Gallery
2013 West Hartford Art League, Art Walk
Granby Land Trust, Lost Acres Gallery
West Hartford Art League member’s small works show
2012 West Hartford Art League member's show
2011 West Hartford Art League student-teacher exhibition
West Hartford Art League member's show
2010 West Hartford Art League member's show
2009 West Hartford Art League member's show
Benefit and other Shows
2019 Simsbury Open Studios
2017-19 Aldemere Farm's Art Show (supports Maine Coast Heritage Trust
West Hartford Art League, annual small works show
2017 Three women show, Stanley Whitman House, Farmington
Back Room Collective Simsbury Public Library
2016 West Hartford Art League Pop-Up Gallery, West Hartford Center
2015 "Landscapes in Oil" Three women show, Stanley Whitman House
Backroom Collective, Hartford Fine Art
2014 Back Room Collective Simsbury Public Library
2013 Three woman show Simsbury Public Library, Art Walk
2012 Two women painter show Simsbury Free Library
