Artist: Amanda Yim
Title: Perilla
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $2,500
Dimensions: 18 x 24 in
Artist Statement: This piece was a part of a series, "Food Is How We Say 'I Love You'." Perilla leaves are a type of mint that is traditionally paired with a lot of East Asian and Southeast Asian meals. This specific variety has a deep purple underside that shines though to the deep green topside.
Artist Bio: Amanda Yim is a Cambodian-American artist from the Bay Area, California. She is currently studying art at Brigham Young University and is set to graduate this upcoming spring. She works primarily in oil and acrylic. Her paintings depict the mundane and routine moments in life and shift them into a softer lens. Her main subjects of her paintings are typically centered around her family and Cambodian heritage, telling the story of what it is to be a first-generation Cambodian-American.
