2026

Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin

“Edged Fields: The tactile vision of Amanda Watson’s site-responsive paintings”

Published online https://www.amandawatson.com/s/VITAL-UNION-Essay_Adrienne-Dengerink-Chaplin.pdf, and in Vital Union (November 2026)

2026

Mary Modeen

“Amanda Watson: Co-created Art with the Natural Environment”

Published online https://www.amandawatson.com/s/VITAL-UNION-Essay_Adrienne-Dengerink-Chaplin.pdf, and in Vital Union (November 2026)

2025

Cerys Dallaway Davidson

“Vital Union: Painting with Spaces and Places”

Published in the exhibition catalogue Vital Union, University of Waikato

2024

Laurence Simmons

“The Lie of the Land: Amanda Watson and the Forest”

Published in Art New Zealand, 109 / Winter 2024, p59-63

2023

Edward Hanfling

“Pukekura en plein air: The paintings of Amanda Watson in the environment and in context”

Published in In and of the Earth, p24-28

2023

Zara Stanhope

“Affective Witness”

Published in In and of the Earth, p4-5

2023

Edward Hanfling

“Where Do I Come From? What Am I? Where Am I Going? The Problem of Self-Discovery in Art Making as Research Inquiry”

Published in Scope Journal, Issue 24