Amanda Watson

Commentaries and Reviews

Amanda Watson: Co-created Art with the Natural Environment. Written by Mary Modeen, published on https://www.amandawatson.com/about May 30th, 2026.

Edged Fields: The tactile vision of Amanda Watson’s site-responsive paintings. Written by Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin, published on https://www.amandawatson.com/about May 30th, 2026.

Vital Union: Painting with Spaces and Places. Cerys Dallaway Davidson. Published essay in exhibition catalouge, 2025.

Amanda Watson Paintings. Norman Franke, EyeContact, 24 February 2026

Artist Book ‘Vital Union: The Paintings of Amanda Watson at Edgefield’ to be published later in 2026.

The Lie of the Land: Amanda Watson and the Forest. Laurence Simmons, Art New Zealand, Winter 2024.

Pukekura en plein air: The paintings of Amanda Watson in the environment and in context. Edward Hanfling. Published in In and of the Earth, p24-28, 2023.

Affective Witness. Dr Zara Stanhope. In and of the Earth, p4-5, published by Amanda Watson: Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023.

Where Do I Come From? What Am I? Where Am I Going? The Problem of Self-Discovery in Art Making as Research Inquiry. Edward Hanfling in Scope Journal Issue 24, 2023

Published Work

In and of the earth: seeing the real in site-responsive painting. Amanda Watson, Journal of Visual Art Practice, 24(1–2), 117–145. 2025 https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2025.2508026. Or follow this link to the full text.

Between Hawaiki Nui and the Liquid Continent: editorial introduction. Amanda Watson, Journal of Visual Art Practice, 24(1–2), 1–9. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/14702029.2025.2507484. Or follow this link to the full text.

Painting with Otepoti Dunedin: Artist in Residence at the Dunedin School of Art 2021. Amanda Watson in Scope Contemporary Research Topics, Art & Design Issue 23. https://doi.org/10.34074/scop.1023026 [Article]

Painting encounters with environments: experiencing the territory of familiar places. Amanda Watson, Journal of Visual Art Practice, Volume 20, Issue 1&2, 2021 http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14702029.2021.1925856 [Article].

Artist Books