“...Swansea’s paintings intricately twist and turn the paradoxical nature between location and dislocation, realism and dream, abstraction and representation. Her largely printed canvases tell a story of urban mastery, ‘slow painting’ and the humble boundaries of romantic mirages that investigate multitudinous ways to capture moments in time as they move swiftly into past time, with a hint of film-like qualities.”
“Amanda Bjorn is a travel aficionado and photographer. Now living in and out of Cuba for the last few years, but based in Miami, she has put her love for art, feminism and travel at the forefront of her pictorial narrations. Capturing the world mostly on film, Bjorn has been shooting in an attempt to absorb the absurd and intricate beauty around her. From Ibiza, Serbia, to Vietnam and India, Bjorn has ventured to many locations to explore her creative spirit.”