Birth Project Gallery – Amanda Greavette

'The Birth Project' is a painting series that portrays pregnancy, birth and motherhood in a transformative and powerful way. Learn more about the project here.

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‘The Balm’
24 x 18 in
2013
oil on canvas
‘Wrapped in Love’
33.5 x 27.5″ – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
Radiating – commissioned piece – 2019
The Weigh In
12 x 16″ – 2017 -oil on canvas
‘The Delivery’ – (oh my baby! Oh! My baby!)
36 x 48 in – 2008-2010 – oil on canvas
‘Whole Again’ -“I have died everyday waiting for you, darling don’t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years, I’ll love you for a thousand more All along I believed I would find you, time has brought your heart to me, and I have loved you for a thousand years, and I’ll love you for a thousand more” (Christina Perri)-
30 x 30″ – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
Gentle Touch
12 x 16″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
Splendor
24 x 30″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
So grateful for this moment – commission – 2019
I am here for you
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Psalms’ – Our mouths are filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy-
36×48 in
2012
oil on canvas
Arms of Love – 2019
‘Sea of Love’ -Come with me, my love to the sea, the sea of love- P Phillips
35 x 29″ – 2015 – oil on canvas
To Hold and to Touch
12 x 16″ – 2017
All Creation Groans – ‘The heavens and the earth sing praise, and they call out to each other, There is glory all over the earth”
48 x 60″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
The Sound of Music
24 x 30″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
Belief in birth – commission – 2019
Home in your arms – 2019
You’re here, You’re mine, I love you
24 x 30 – 2017 – oil on canvas
Lost in the Light
35 x 28″ – 2015 – oil on canvas
‘Wake the Dreams’ – In the moon of the budding trees I was gifted new eyes to see All of the shifting shapes and ways you can be Wake the dreams into realities – Nahko-
40.5 x 61.5″ – 2015 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Ravens and Corn’ -How we rise when we’re born, like the ravens in the corn. On their wings, on our knees, crawling careless from the sea. God, every road takes us farther from home. God, give us love in the time that we have-(S Beam)
42 x 56″ – 2012
– oil on canvas
Circle of Love
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘She is tired now and feeling so much older’
2010-2015 – 42 x 30.5″ – oil on canvas
Waves
Commissioned – 2019
‘She smiled the day she was born’
22 x 32 – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Still Water’ -Still water, laying over. Still water, lay me down over- (D Lanois)
48 x 36 in
2013
Scent of Love
24 x 24″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘A warm and gentle welcome’
18×24 in – 2012 – oil on canvas
‘Straight into my arms’ -Oh you crawled out of the sea, straight into my arms- (L Marling)
24×40 in
2012
oil on canvas
‘You are home now’
15 x 18″ – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Time’ -Time was running fast, While we were walking so slow. As I watched us grow and grow…- (P Watson)
33×52 in
2012
oil on canvas
‘Ring the Bells’ -Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in- (L Cohen)
32×53 in
2010
oil on canvas
Sweet Child of Mine
12 x 16″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Skin kisses skin, A warm and welcome weight’
24×20 in
2015
oil on canvas
Lotus
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Under the Moon’ -Under the moon, in the great black night, with no lodestar in sight. And wait for it, there are only two of us now. This great, black night scooped out. Listen, the darkness rings, listen. The darkness, the darkness rings. Take off your things and listen, the darkness rings- (S Harmer)
41 x 57
2012
oil on canvas
Nativity – 2018- 8 x 10
Welcome Child
16 x 20 – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Miracle and Wonder’ -These are the days of miracle and wonder-(P Simon)
30×48 in – 2012- oil on canvas
‘Sacred Heritage’
2015
24 x 24 in
oil on canvas
‘Ancestral Blessings’
2015
24×24 in
oil on canvas
Here is your Baby
22 x 32″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘The Relaationship’
16 x 12 in
2013
oil on canvas
‘She is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come’
50×72 in
2010
oil on canvs
‘It’s a Human Thing’ – (It’s a girl?! It’s a girl!!)
48 x 36 in – 2008-2010 – oil on canvas
‘Nurtured’
20 x 26″ – 2015 – oil on canvas – commissioned painting
Rejoice – 2019
‘Love is all’ -Love is all you need, all you need is love- (Lennon/McCartney)
42×54 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
‘Three Little Birds’ -Three little birds were on my doorstep, singing sweet songs, a melody pure and true, this is my message to you- (B Marley)
82×59 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
‘A light in you’ -There is a light in you, I have fallen into. There is a light in you, I have fallen into, fallen in too. Stop, listen, feel. Stop, listen, feel. Stop, listen, feel. Believe, believe’ (Great Lake Swimmers)
29×32 in – 2012 – oil on canvas
Hello Baby
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Living in the Body; Milk and Honey’
49×71 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
(Cross)Cradle
14×11 in – 2012- oil on canvas
‘Oh I didn’t know’ – And you opened like a flower in the heat. Your beauty on my eyes like a masterpiece. Never has skin tasted so sweet. And you said, ‘oh, I didn’t know, that we could go, so many kisses deep’ We were face to face and lips to lips and cheek to cheek. And you said ‘oh, I didn’t know that we could go so many kisses deep- (A Cohen)
36×24 in – 2012 – oil on canvas
‘Elation’ -And you took to me like a gull takes to the wind- (the Shins)
54×36 in
2010
oil on canvas
‘The Sweetest Thing’
24×24 in
2012
oil on canvas
‘Can a mother forget her nursing child?’
8×10 in
2012
oil on canvas
Placenta II – Tree of Life
12 x 12″ – oil on canvas – 2011
‘The Great Beginning’
40 x 48 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
Placenta I – Knit Together
12×12 ” – oil on canvas – 2011
‘Incredible things’ -Curiosity far greater than the fear. It felt so simple, so podigious at the same time. Incredibile things are happening in the world. Magical things are happening in this world-
60×48 in- 2010 – oil on canvas
First Latch
16 x 20 – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Rooted’ – You’ve got roots, cannot be torn from under- (F Ford)
36 x 72 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
‘All around me voices are singing’
36 x 48 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘New Sou’
30 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘My Midwife’s Hand’
24 x 20 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘Holding Space’
32 x 32″ – 2015 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Emerald Robe’
22 x 36 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
Abundance
commissioned piece
‘Hand Study’
13 x 11 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘The first time I saw your face’
24 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Evangeline’
36 x 48 in – 2007 – oil on canvs
‘The glow that she left in me is forever ignited’
2015
47×56 in
oil on canvas
‘Preparation’
40 x 48 – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘Blooming’
24 x 36 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Rest’
24 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on cotton
‘Early Morn, a lovely morn, the space between the darkness and the dawn’
60 x 48 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Shake it like you’ve never done before’
40 x 60 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Strength’
24 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on canvas

‘The Balm’
24 x 18 in
2013
oil on canvas
‘Wrapped in Love’
33.5 x 27.5″ – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
Radiating – commissioned piece – 2019
The Weigh In
12 x 16″ – 2017 -oil on canvas
‘The Delivery’ – (oh my baby! Oh! My baby!)
36 x 48 in – 2008-2010 – oil on canvas
‘Whole Again’ -“I have died everyday waiting for you, darling don’t be afraid, I have loved you for a thousand years, I’ll love you for a thousand more All along I believed I would find you, time has brought your heart to me, and I have loved you for a thousand years, and I’ll love you for a thousand more” (Christina Perri)-
30 x 30″ – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
Gentle Touch
12 x 16″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
Splendor
24 x 30″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
So grateful for this moment – commission – 2019
I am here for you
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Psalms’ – Our mouths are filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy-
36×48 in
2012
oil on canvas
Arms of Love – 2019
‘Sea of Love’ -Come with me, my love to the sea, the sea of love- P Phillips
35 x 29″ – 2015 – oil on canvas
To Hold and to Touch
12 x 16″ – 2017
All Creation Groans – ‘The heavens and the earth sing praise, and they call out to each other, There is glory all over the earth”
48 x 60″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
The Sound of Music
24 x 30″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
Belief in birth – commission – 2019
Home in your arms – 2019
You’re here, You’re mine, I love you
24 x 30 – 2017 – oil on canvas
Lost in the Light
35 x 28″ – 2015 – oil on canvas
‘Wake the Dreams’ – In the moon of the budding trees I was gifted new eyes to see All of the shifting shapes and ways you can be Wake the dreams into realities – Nahko-
40.5 x 61.5″ – 2015 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Ravens and Corn’ -How we rise when we’re born, like the ravens in the corn. On their wings, on our knees, crawling careless from the sea. God, every road takes us farther from home. God, give us love in the time that we have-(S Beam)
42 x 56″ – 2012
– oil on canvas
Circle of Love
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘She is tired now and feeling so much older’
2010-2015 – 42 x 30.5″ – oil on canvas
Waves
Commissioned – 2019
‘She smiled the day she was born’
22 x 32 – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Still Water’ -Still water, laying over. Still water, lay me down over- (D Lanois)
48 x 36 in
2013
Scent of Love
24 x 24″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘A warm and gentle welcome’
18×24 in – 2012 – oil on canvas
‘Straight into my arms’ -Oh you crawled out of the sea, straight into my arms- (L Marling)
24×40 in
2012
oil on canvas
‘You are home now’
15 x 18″ – 2016 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Time’ -Time was running fast, While we were walking so slow. As I watched us grow and grow…- (P Watson)
33×52 in
2012
oil on canvas
‘Ring the Bells’ -Ring the bells that still can ring, Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in- (L Cohen)
32×53 in
2010
oil on canvas
Sweet Child of Mine
12 x 16″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Skin kisses skin, A warm and welcome weight’
24×20 in
2015
oil on canvas
Lotus
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Under the Moon’ -Under the moon, in the great black night, with no lodestar in sight. And wait for it, there are only two of us now. This great, black night scooped out. Listen, the darkness rings, listen. The darkness, the darkness rings. Take off your things and listen, the darkness rings- (S Harmer)
41 x 57
2012
oil on canvas
Nativity – 2018- 8 x 10
Welcome Child
16 x 20 – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Miracle and Wonder’ -These are the days of miracle and wonder-(P Simon)
30×48 in – 2012- oil on canvas
‘Sacred Heritage’
2015
24 x 24 in
oil on canvas
‘Ancestral Blessings’
2015
24×24 in
oil on canvas
Here is your Baby
22 x 32″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘The Relaationship’
16 x 12 in
2013
oil on canvas
‘She is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come’
50×72 in
2010
oil on canvs
‘It’s a Human Thing’ – (It’s a girl?! It’s a girl!!)
48 x 36 in – 2008-2010 – oil on canvas
‘Nurtured’
20 x 26″ – 2015 – oil on canvas – commissioned painting
Rejoice – 2019
‘Love is all’ -Love is all you need, all you need is love- (Lennon/McCartney)
42×54 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
‘Three Little Birds’ -Three little birds were on my doorstep, singing sweet songs, a melody pure and true, this is my message to you- (B Marley)
82×59 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
‘A light in you’ -There is a light in you, I have fallen into. There is a light in you, I have fallen into, fallen in too. Stop, listen, feel. Stop, listen, feel. Stop, listen, feel. Believe, believe’ (Great Lake Swimmers)
29×32 in – 2012 – oil on canvas
Hello Baby
16 x 20″ – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Living in the Body; Milk and Honey’
49×71 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
(Cross)Cradle
14×11 in – 2012- oil on canvas
‘Oh I didn’t know’ – And you opened like a flower in the heat. Your beauty on my eyes like a masterpiece. Never has skin tasted so sweet. And you said, ‘oh, I didn’t know, that we could go, so many kisses deep’ We were face to face and lips to lips and cheek to cheek. And you said ‘oh, I didn’t know that we could go so many kisses deep- (A Cohen)
36×24 in – 2012 – oil on canvas
‘Elation’ -And you took to me like a gull takes to the wind- (the Shins)
54×36 in
2010
oil on canvas
‘The Sweetest Thing’
24×24 in
2012
oil on canvas
‘Can a mother forget her nursing child?’
8×10 in
2012
oil on canvas
Placenta II – Tree of Life
12 x 12″ – oil on canvas – 2011
‘The Great Beginning’
40 x 48 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
Placenta I – Knit Together
12×12 ” – oil on canvas – 2011
‘Incredible things’ -Curiosity far greater than the fear. It felt so simple, so podigious at the same time. Incredibile things are happening in the world. Magical things are happening in this world-
60×48 in- 2010 – oil on canvas
First Latch
16 x 20 – 2017 – oil on canvas
‘Rooted’ – You’ve got roots, cannot be torn from under- (F Ford)
36 x 72 in – 2010 – oil on canvas
‘All around me voices are singing’
36 x 48 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘New Sou’
30 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘My Midwife’s Hand’
24 x 20 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘Holding Space’
32 x 32″ – 2015 – oil on canvas – commissioned piece
‘Emerald Robe’
22 x 36 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
Abundance
commissioned piece
‘Hand Study’
13 x 11 in – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘The first time I saw your face’
24 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Evangeline’
36 x 48 in – 2007 – oil on canvs
‘The glow that she left in me is forever ignited’
2015
47×56 in
oil on canvas
‘Preparation’
40 x 48 – 2007 – oil on canvas
‘Blooming’
24 x 36 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Rest’
24 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on cotton
‘Early Morn, a lovely morn, the space between the darkness and the dawn’
60 x 48 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Shake it like you’ve never done before’
40 x 60 in – 2008 – oil on canvas
‘Strength’
24 x 24 in – 2008 – oil on canvas

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