Amaranth Ehrenhalt

Very far from the abstract artists of the fifties, Amaranth Ehrenhalt continues to follow her own path. She was friendly with all the leaders of abstract expressionism, followed the same masters and the same influences, but never abandoned her own research.

It is fantastic to see an artist work so much and develop her works day after day without ever contradicting what she previously created.

If you look at her works from the late fifties and those from the nineties, you find not a radical change, but a slow and carefully thought out evolution. That is why Amaranth's present works are a culmination of her artistic vision. You find continuity in her paintings, watercolours, etchings, tapestries and ceramics.

From her works comes a force, astonishingly both stunning and fragile. Stunning from her painting spread out on the canvas with vigour, where you find brushstrokes firm and forthright; fragile, from her light colors that make you think of a new springtime.

Pascal Odille, January 2000