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.

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.

Sitting at my kitchen table this Sunday morning, I find myself wondering what to share with you.  The end of the year is rushing towards...

I wanted to write this blog post to mark a milestone: my first solo show. It’s so easy to brush over big moments, but this one deserves to

Learning, Growing, and Letting Go The paintings have left the studio—today, they were collected by the gallery, and they’re now out of my hands. This part, I love: the letting go, letting them fly free! When I was asked by one of my galleries 6-7 months ago if I’d like to do a solo show, I was beyond excited. I hadn’t been with this gallery long, so the fact that they had faith in me as an artist meant everything. Despite years of exhibiting, I’d never had a solo show, and th

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