Amy Fisher
Amy Fisher was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1951. When she was 5 she began to develop her love for trees, birds and just about anything living. The surrounding woods of her childhood were a source of comfort and intrigue that provides inspiration for her art today.
Amy studied illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art in the early 1970's. The learning environment there was highly competitive. The work load built discipline - an important component of self-employment. However, she felt compelled to head west to study at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1974, Amy earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Idaho.
While in school at U of I, Amy's husband introduced her to his professor of ornithology and mammalogy, Earl Larrison, an author of narrative field guides. He hired her to illustrate his book, "Mammals of the Northwest" published by Seattle Audubon Society. She spent many hours in a room surrounded by animal skeletons and drawers of study skins, carefully making anatomically accurate ink line drawings. This was followed by work on "Larrison’s Birds of the Northwest". At the same time, she was hired to do oil paintings of a selection of birds for "Familiar Birds of the Northwest" by H. B. Nehls, published by the Portland Audubon Society.
In the early 80s, Amy and her husband moved to Olympia, WA, where they had two daughters,
Amy has completed many commissions in watercolor and acrylic for private and public spaces. Some of the companies that have purchased her work are the Boeing Corporation; Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Adams Mark, Westin and Stouffer Hotels; First Union Bank of Charlotte; Coca Cola, Atlanta; Disney, Los Angeles; Cheyenne Mountain Lodge, CO; Delnore Health and Fitness, Chicago; and Pepsi Cola Company, Denver.
Amy Fisher was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1951. When she was 5 she began to develop her love for trees, birds and just about anything living. The surrounding woods of her childhood were a source of comfort and intrigue that provides inspiration for her art today.
Amy studied illustration at the Philadelphia College of Art in the early 1970's. The learning environment there was highly competitive. The work load built discipline - an important component of self-employment. However, she felt compelled to head west to study at the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1974, Amy earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Idaho.
While in school at U of I, Amy's husband introduced her to his professor of ornithology and mammalogy, Earl Larrison, an author of narrative field guides. He hired her to illustrate his book, "Mammals of the Northwest" published by Seattle Audubon Society. She spent many hours in a room surrounded by animal skeletons and drawers of study skins, carefully making anatomically accurate ink line drawings. This was followed by work on "Larrison’s Birds of the Northwest". At the same time, she was hired to do oil paintings of a selection of birds for "Familiar Birds of the Northwest" by H. B. Nehls, published by the Portland Audubon Society.
In the early 80s, Amy and her husband moved to Olympia, WA, where they had two daughters,
Amy has completed many commissions in watercolor and acrylic for private and public spaces. Some of the companies that have purchased her work are the Boeing Corporation; Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Adams Mark, Westin and Stouffer Hotels; First Union Bank of Charlotte; Coca Cola, Atlanta; Disney, Los Angeles; Cheyenne Mountain Lodge, CO; Delnore Health and Fitness, Chicago; and Pepsi Cola Company, Denver.
