Amy Renee Webb (b. 1996, Columbus, Mississippi) is a figurative painter whose work examines the tension, beauty, and psychological complexity of rural life in the American South. Raised within a landscape shaped by deeply rooted religious and political traditions, Webb draws from her personal history to create paintings that balance tenderness with unease, nostalgia with critical reflection.
Her practice is informed by lived experience and familial memory. Webb often references the sentimental, kitsch landscapes collected by her grandmother—imagery that becomes a point of departure rather than a destination. These familiar scenes are reworked and destabilized, serving as vessels for broader questions of faith, fear, longing, and transformation. Through this lens, tradition is neither romanticized nor rejected, but carefully examined and reimagined.
Webb’s figurative compositions are marked by emotional restraint and quiet tension. Her figures frequently occupy ambiguous or psychologically charged environments, suggesting moments of pause, isolation, or internal conflict. Subtle gestures, muted palettes, and deliberate compositional choices create a sense of intimacy while allowing space for discomfort and ambiguity. Her paintings explore the fragile balance between comfort and unease, safety and doubt.
At the core of Webb’s work is an ongoing investigation into identity and belonging—particularly within communities shaped by inherited belief systems and unspoken expectations. Her paintings reflect on the contradictions of love and fear that coexist within family, religion, and place. By grounding universal emotional experiences within a distinctly regional context, Webb offers a nuanced portrait of rural America that is both deeply personal and broadly resonant.
Through her work, Webb invites viewers to engage with memory not as a fixed narrative, but as a layered and evolving force—one that shapes how we understand ourselves, our histories, and the spaces we inhabit.