Artist: Amanda Yim
Title: Safe Space
Medium: Oil on canvas
Price: $3500
Dimensions: 36 x 36 in
Artist Statement: This piece was a part of a series, "Food Is How We Say 'I Love You'." Saying I love you didn't always come easy to my parents, and I'm sure that most children of immigrant parents could relate. Food became our love language. No matter how tired or how long their day was, they would always make sure my sister and I had a home cooked meal. It was in this way, we knew they loved us.
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.
