A reflective blog on choosing nourishment over urgency, exploring a slower, more sustainable rhythm for an art practice rooted in trust rather than hustle.

Is it possible to build a business from love instead of fear? Lately I’ve been reflecting on my values, not just for art-making, but for life. When things start to feel noisy or overwhelming, going back to basics has always helped me find my footing again. What do I actually value? How do I want to spend my days? What kind of energy do I want my work to carry? One thing has become very clear: I want a soul-led, love-based business . One that isn’t built on urgency, pressure,

End-of-year reflections from the studio, thoughts on slowing down, and new art releases including a limited edition print and fine art greeting cards.

In this reflective blog, I explore the journey of running a soul-led art business while navigating the familiar anxieties of money, self-doubt, and creative uncertainty. I share how long studio hours, mindful practice, and listening to inspiring books and podcasts help me stay grounded and connected to my creative purpose. From Elizabeth Gilbert’s insights on love and liberation to Nikki Trott’s guidance on intuition-led entrepreneurship, and the raw honesty of Kate Florence’

This year has brought its fair share of challenges — pressure, deadlines, and the weight of saying yes to a third solo show in just over a year. Somewhere in the middle of it all, I found myself turning back to music. Creating and listening to a playlist full of tracks I’ve loved across the decades helped me shift my mindset, loosen my grip, and paint with more freedom. That playlist has now inspired the theme for my upcoming exhibition, Mix Tape — a collection that celebrate

Discover how Melbourne artist Amanda Ketterer explore light, dark and connection in her paintings, offering resonance beyond surface beauty

This collection comes from the hope that if we each nurture our own corner of joy — through kindness, colour, stillness, connection — maybe we raise the collective energy too. Maybe we make the world, bit by bit, into a place we’d love to call our own.

Every time I return to my childhood home just outside London, I think it’ll get easier. And in some ways, it does. But there’s always a quiet shift that happens—a stirring of old memories, old versions of myself, and questions about who I am now. This blog is a little window into what that experience has been like this time around.

Colour has always been the starting point for me. It drives the whole mood in my work—sometimes before I even realise what I’m trying to say. It’s funny how a certain shade can hold a whole feeling or moment inside it.

Finding softness in hard times For me, tough times often bring a kind of forced reflection—as I try to find meaning or at least a positive thread to hold onto during difficult days. It’s no secret that for many of us, life feels a little (or a lot) unsettling right now, in all sorts of ways. And so, as always, I find myself searching for ways to cope, to stay grounded, and maybe even feel a little better. I was recently reading a wonderful book called The Creative Ambush by M

It’s that time again… I’ve finished my latest collection of paintings, packed them up, and sent them off. They’re out of my hands now—yikes!

Are you an over thinker too? By overthinking, I mean the constant inner dialogue that runs in circles inside your head—the one you’d some