Welcome!

    Amber MacLean is a working artist residing in the rural college town of Las Vegas, New Mexico. (The original Las Vegas!) She practices a variety of disciplines, subject matter and media --- including drawing, painting, foundry, tinwork, animation, illustration and Chinese brush painting. MacLean, (b.1967) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she studied drawing and painting at The Academy of Art San Francisco and SFSU, while working as a sketch artist for a 2D cartoon animation studio. MacLean cites influences from a wide range of artists, including the Taos Modernists, the artist Lynda Barry, Chinese ink painter Qi Baishi, and her family.  

Her work can be viewed year around at Tito's Gallery in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Live and in person

    An oldie painting participating in a 'live art' auction. Chinese brush painting produce at the La Grande Farmer's Market. The art was auctioned off and donated to the town women's shelter. I believe this was summer 2008;  Chinese ink on rice paper. Several local artists participated.

Figurative Smigurative

    Maybe it's because of my mixed Asian-Scot heritage, but I've always disliked being labeled or pegged --- be it the label of 'landscape artist 'or 'illustrator'; 'fine artist' or 'animator'; or whichever. I can't imagine painting nothing but one style in one media for the rest of my life. I strive to create honest artwork, whether it be in bronze or in ink; cutting social satire, or a meditation on the land. Ideally, it all sort of comes from the same place. I don't think I'm alone in this. Many "fine artists" over the decades have worked in a wide variety of media. i.e.: Picasso! Many made their bread and butter from illustration: ie: Andy Warhol! But that's another story. 

    As far as my personal work, the media doesn't matter so much as the expression. These thoughts are fueling my next series of scroll works. Please stay tuned! 

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Some examples of my some of my figurative work...

Life drawing from a model at El Ancon sculpture park, Summer sessions, 2014

Top: Painted live from a model at The Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco.

This scroll was last exhibited at Burris Hall, New Mexico Highlands University, "Landscapes and Things" with sculptor Paul Rosal.

2011

'The Thinker; after Rodin'
Chinese inks on rice paper
©Amber Lon MacLean
Las Vegas, New Mexico
2005

Chinese Brush painting, aka Sumi

Amber Lon MacLean
Pronghorn 
Las Vegas, NM
Chinese inks on paper
2014

The Castle (at United World College)

Amber Lon MacLean

The Castle (at United World College), 2010

acrylic on board

14" x 11" 

Giclee fine art prints available at Tito's Gallery, Las Vegas, New Mexico

Sold

Sunset on the Plains, Northeastern New Mexico
Amber L. MacLean
acrylic on board
2.5" x 10"
2010
NFS
Fine art digital prints (giclee) available at Tito's Gallery

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Autumn en la Plaza - SOLD

Amber L. MacLean
Autumn en la Plaza - 2011

10" x 14" acrylic, graphite on panel

Sold
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Autumn en la Plaza - detail